Eleocharis tenerrimaPeter [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Eleocharis atropurpurea(Retz.) Kunth [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Eleocharis subcancellata
Eleocharis lereschii
Isolepis dichroa
Scirpus nigrescens
Scirpus lereschii
Scirpus atropurpureus
Eleocharis nigrescens
Scirpus indet.
Isolepis nigrescens
Eleocharis monandra
Eleocharis intricata
Eleocharis tenerrima
Eleocharis atropurpurea
Scirpidium nigrescens
Common name
Purple spikerush, Flora of North America Vol. 23
Flora
Entry for ELEOCHARIS atropurpurea (Retz.) Presl [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by K. A. Lye [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Dwarf tufted annual; stems 1–12 cm long and 0.2–0.3 mm thick, angular. Sheaths usually 2, at least the basal purplish, the upper ending in a short triangular lobe. Spikelets 2–4 x 1–2 mm, ovate, usually 10–20-flowered. Glumes c. 1 mm long, pale to dark reddish brown with a green midrib ending in or near the obtuse tip, with or without a narrow pale margin. Perianth-bristles usually present, shorter than the nutlet, 4–5, with recurved spine-like teeth. Stamens 2. Style with 2 stigmas. Nutlet c. 0.5 x 0.4 mm, broadly obovate, biconvex, smooth and glossy, as mature almost black; appendage greyish, minute, flattened.
