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Eleocharis olivacea

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Name

Identification
Eleocharis olivacea Torrey [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Torr., 1836
Related name
  • Eleocharis flavescens
  • Eleocharis olivacea
  • Eleocharis thermalis
Common name
  • éléocharide olivâtre, Flora of North America Vol. 23
  • Green spikerush, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Eleocharis flavescens (Poiret) Urban var. olivacea (Torrey) Gleason [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Eleocharis flavescens (Poiret) Urban var. olivacea (Torrey) Gleason [family CYPERACEAE], Phytologia, 4: 22. 1952
Eleocharis olivacea Torrey [family CYPERACEAE], Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York, 3: 300. 1836
Eleocharis olivacea var. reductiseta (Schuyler & Ferren) Schuyler & Ferren [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
S. Galen Smith*
Jeremy J. Bruhl*
M. Socorro González-Elizondo*
Francis J. Menapace*
Information
Culms to 28 cm. Floral scales brown, streaked with green on flanks. Flowers: perianth bristles to 2 times as long as achene, rarely shorter than achene. Achenes green to golden brown when ripe, 0.5–1.1 × 0.4–0.8 mm, apex often highly constricted proximal to tubercle. Tubercles 0.3–0.7 × 0.2–0.4 mm. 2n = 20.
Phenology Fruiting
summer
fall
winter
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Altitude range
0–1000 m;
Distribution
USA Ark.USA Conn.USA Del.USA Fla.USA GaUSA Ill.USA Ind.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Pa.USA R.I.USA S.C.USA Tex.USA Vt.USA Va.USA Wis.Canada N.B.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada Que.
Discussion
Eleocharis flavescens var. olivacea was reported from Hawaii; I have not seen a voucher specimen.

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