familyCyperaceae
genusEleocharis
subgenusEleocharis subg. Eleocharis
sectionEleocharis sect. Eleocharis
speciesEleocharis microcarpa
Eleocharis microcarpa var. microcarpa
Proximal scales 0.9–2 × 0.4–0.5 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 5–6, whitish to pale or rarely redbrown, 0.2–0.4 mm, shorter than achene, spinules not evident at 45X. Achenes 0.3–0.45 mm wide. Tubercles semicircular in outline or shortly pyramidal, 0.5–0.1 × 0.15–0.2 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Freshwater to moist terrestrial sites, wet flatwoods, pine barrens, margins of ponds, ditches, on peaty and sandy soils
Elevation: 0–600 m
Distribution
Fla., Ga., La., S.C., West Indies
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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trigonous;obovoid +
0.4mm;2mm +
0.3mm;0.45mm +
prominent +
0.3mm;0.5mm +
basifixed +
0.15;0.35 +
proximal +
acute;acute +
absent +
persistent +
absent +
1;many +
2;3 +
internal +
spongy +
0.1mm;0.4mm +
large +
sheathing +
translucent +
disintegrating +
persistent +
basal +
abundant +
spiraled +
cartilaginous +
single +
bisexual +
Freshwater to moist terrestrial sites, wet flatwoods, pine barrens, margins of ponds, ditches, on peaty and sandy soils +
Present +
proliferating +
arching +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
absent +
basal +
absent +
fused +
green and redbrown or green and purple +
thickened +
membranous +
0.4mm;0.8mm +
flattened +
absent +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
stramineous;medium brown or red brown or blackish brown +
persistent +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
1836 +
absent +
caudex-like +
adventitious +
fibrous +
longitudinal +
empty +
arranged +
evident +
4;500 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
incomplete +
transverse +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
stoloniferous +
proliferating +
single +
proliferous +
terete;ovoid;ellipsoid or lanceoloid +
1mm;2mm +
not evident +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
3-fid +
Eleocharis microcarpa var. microcarpa +
Eleocharis microcarpa +
variety +
free +
thin +
absent +
semicircular +
pale-brown;redbrown +
distinct +
0.5mm;0.1mm +
pyramidal +
stoloniferous +
annual +
vegetative +
5;100 +