Lipocarpha micrantha

(Vahl) G. C. Tucker

J. Arnold Arbor. 68: 410. 1987.

Common names: Lipocarphe à petites fleurs
Illustrated
Basionym: Scirpus micranthus Vahl Enum. Pl. 2: 254. 1805
Synonyms: Hemicarpha micrantha (Vahl) Pax Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor (Schrader) Friedland Hemicarpha subsquarrosa (Muhlenberg) Schrader Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor (Schrader) Nees Isolepis subsquarrosa Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor Schrader Scirpus subsquarrosus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 197. Mentioned on page 195, 196.

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 late summer–early fall.
Habitat: Emergent shorelines, rarely freshwater tidal shores
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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B.C., Ont., Que., Ala., Ariz., Calif., Conn., Fla., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., Tex., Va., Wash., Wis., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, Africa.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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