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Scirpus subsquarrosus

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Identification
Scirpus subsquarrosus Muhl. [family CYPERACEAE ] Scirpus minimus Pursh [family CYPERACEAE ] Lipocarpha drummondii (Nees) G.C.Tucker [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Isolepis subsquarrosa Schreb. [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Isolepis subsquarrosa
  • Scirpus subsquarrosus
  • Fuirena glomerata
  • Fuirena sp.
  • Scirpus minimus
  • Lipocarpha drummondii
  • Lipocarpha micrantha
Common name
  • Lipocarphe à petites fleurs, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) 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 micrantha (Vahl) G. C. Tucker [family CYPERACEAE], J. Arnold Arbor., 68: 410. 1987
Scirpus micranthus Vahl [family CYPERACEAE], Enum. Pl., 2: 254. 1805
Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax [family CYPERACEAE]
Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor (Schrader) Friedland [family CYPERACEAE]
Hemicarpha subsquarrosa (Muhlenberg) Nees [family CYPERACEAE]
Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor (Schrader) Nees [family CYPERACEAE]
Isolepis subsquarrosa (Muhlenberg) Schrader [family CYPERACEAE]
Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor Schrader [family CYPERACEAE]
Scirpus subsquarrosus Muhlenberg [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Gordon C. TuckerTucker, Gordon C.
Information
Culms 2–20 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Leaves 1.5–10 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1–2(–3), ovoid (to globose), 1–3(–5) × 1–2 mm, not bristly; bracts 1–2(–3), longest erect, others spreading, 2–5 cm × 0.3–0.6 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale laterally yellowish to reddish brown, with green midvein, obtrullate to obovate, widest at or distal to mid length, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm; 2d scale 2-fid, sometimes absent, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.4–0.6(–0.7) × 0.2–0.3 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
MexicoWest IndiesCentral AmericaSouth AmericaAfrica.USA Ala.USA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Conn.USA Fla.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA Kans.USA Ky.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Mo.USA Nebr.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Pa.USA R.I.USA Tex.USA Va.USA Wash.USA Wis.Canada B.CCanada Ont.Canada Que.

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