Rhynchospora perplexa Britton

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Rhynchospora perplexa Britton

  • Description

    Species Description - Perennial by rootstocks; culms slender, usually clustered, 3-12 dm. high. Leaves flat, grass-like, elongated, smooth, 1.5-3 mm. wide; corymbs usually several, rather loose, slender stalked; spikelets numerous, ovoid, about 2 mm. long; scales brown, obtuse or acuti^h; bristles 6, upwardly barbed, shorter than the achene; style 2-eleft at the summit; achene biconvex, transversely wrinkled, about 1 mm. long, the depressed tubercle broader than high.

  • Distribution

    Wet grounds. Great Bahama, Abaco. Andros. New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island : southeastern United States. Short-bristled Beaked-rush.

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