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Hemicarpha micrantha

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Name

Identification
Lipocarpha schomburgkii (Friedl.) Goetgh. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Adams, C.D., Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Goetghebeur, P., Scirpus micranthus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B.,
Related name
  • Hemicarpha subsquarrosa
  • Scirpus micranthus
  • Isolepis caespitula
  • Lipocarpha schomburgkii
  • Hemicarpha drummondii
  • Hemicarpha micrantha
  • Lipocarpha drummondii
  • Lipocarpha micrantha
Common name
  • Lipocarphe à petites fleurs, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Lipocarpha aristulata (Coville) G. C. Tucker [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
Lipocarpha aristulata (Coville) G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], J. Arnold Arbor., 68: 410. 1987
Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax var. aristulata Coville [family CYPERACEAE], Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 21: 36. 1894
Hemicarpha aristulata (Coville) Smyth [family CYPERACEAE]
Hemicarpha intermedia Piper [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gordon C. TuckerTucker, Gordon C.
Information
Culms 2–15 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Leaves 1–6 cm × 0.4–0.6 mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1–2, ovoid (to globose), 1–5(–8) × 1–2.5 mm; bracts 1–2, longest erect, 1–3.5 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale light brown to reddish brown, with greenish midvein, obtrullate to rhomboid, 0.9–1.6 × 0.3–0.6 mm, widest at mid length, long-acuminate, curving outward; 2d scale oblong, veinless (occasionally 2–4 reddish veins), 0.5–0.8 × 0.2 mm; 3d scale absent; stamens 1; anthers 0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid to terete, 0.5–0.8 × 0.25–0.35 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
fall
sep
oct
nov
Altitude range
0–1500 m;
Distribution
USA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA Kans.USA Minn.USA Mo.USA Nebr.USA N.Mex.USA Okla.USA Oreg.USA Tex.USA Wash.USA Wyo.

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