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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis geniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Eleocharis geniculata
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-008:
Eleocharis caribaea FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis caribaea
COMMON NAME:
Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74805
June Miami-Dade County FL
Culms producing at least some fertile spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74815
June Miami-Dade County FL
Spikes ovoid to subglobose; achene body 0.7-1.0 mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820
June Miami-Dade County FL
Plants tufted, without creeping rhizomes, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820b
June Miami-Dade County FL
Spike abruptly expanded from the culm, > 2x thick as culm immediately below, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820c
June Miami-Dade County FL
Eleocharis has no leaves, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis geniculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Eleocharis geniculata
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-008:
Eleocharis caribaea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis caribaea
3943
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: marshes, moist disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], without creeping rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth bristles red-brown
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achenes brown ripening to black
Nutlet
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