Rhynchospora pleiantha

(Kükenthal) Gale

Rhodora 46: 171. 1944.

Illustrated
Basionym: Rhynchospora filifolia var. pleiantha Kükenthal Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 208. 1926
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 233. Mentioned on page 206, 232.
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Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 10–40(–53) cm; rhizomes stoloniferous, slender. Culms erect to excurved, leafybased, filiform. Leaves shorter than culm; blades ascending to excurved, filiform, proximally to 1 mm wide, margins involute, apex trigonous, subulate, tapering. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 1–3, laterals 0–2, turbinate, rarely hemispheric; leafy bracts setaceous, overtopping inflorescence. Spikelets redbrown, narrowly lanceoloid, 5–7 mm, apex acute; fertile scales lanceolate, 3.5–5 mm, apex acute, mucronate. Flowers: perianth absent. Fruits 2(–5) per spikelet, (1.7–)2–2.2 mm; body on short, setulose receptacular stipe, brown with pale center, obovoidlenticular, 0.8–1.1 mm, surfaces very finely longitudinally lined, sometimes faintly reticulatecancellate; tubercle triangular subulate, 0.7–0.9 mm, base lunate, edges setulose.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–fall.
Habitat: Sands and peats of pond shores and moist pine savannas, particularly in karst districts
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., N.C., West Indies (Cuba).

Discussion

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Robert Kral +
(Kükenthal) Gale +
Rhynchospora filifolia var. pleiantha +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and West Indies (Cuba). +
0–200 m +
Sands and peats of pond shores and moist pine savannas, particularly in karst districts +
Fruiting late spring–fall. +
Illustrated +
Dichromena +  and Psilocarya +
Rhynchospora pleiantha +
Rhynchospora +
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