Trichophorum clementis
Novon 5: 102. 1995.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Scirpus clementis M. E. Jones Contr. W. Bot. 14: 21. 1912
Synonyms: Scirpus yosemitanus Smiley
Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes absent. Culms grooved, terete, 2–12 cm, smooth. Leaves: basal sheaths brown; distal leaf-sheaths concave at mouth; blades 3.7–13 × 0.4–0.7 mm, much shorter than culms at flowering and fruiting. Inflorescences: spikelets 2–5-flowered, 3–4 × 1.5–2.5 mm; bracts 3.5–6.7 mm, 3.5–7.7, exceeding spikelets, apex with awn, awn (0.9) 1–5.3 mm. Spikelets: scales brown, apex obtuse. Flowers: perianth bristles 0–6, brown, flattened, shorter than achenes, smooth or scabrous; anthers 0.9–1 mm. Achenes sharply trigonous, 1.2–1.6 × 0.7–0.8 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting summer–early fall (Jul–Sep).
Habitat: Wet montane to alpine meadows, stream banks
Elevation: 2400–3600 m
Discussion
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Lower Taxa
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trigonous +
0.7mm;0.8mm +
basifixed +
obtuse +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
brown +
persistent +
much shorter +
absent +
obsolete +
elongate +
3.5;7.7 +
2;3 +
grooved +
terete +
concave +
Calif. +
basal +
abundant +
single +
bisexual +
Present +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
suberect +
absent +
fused +
flattened +
straight +
falling +
absent +
scabrous +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
Novon +
1995 +
absent +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
arranged +
brown +
3;9 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
bladeless +
cylindric +
single +
2-5-flowered +
1.5mm;2.5mm +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
3-fid +
Trichophorum clementis +
Trichophorum +
species +
free +
thin +
perennial +
5;100 +