Eleocharis microcarpa var. filiculmis

Torrey

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 312. 1836.

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Eleocharis torreyana Boeckeler
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23.

Proximal scale 1.2–2 × 0.8–1 mm. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, colorless, white or rarely pale or redbrown, 0.6–1 mm, shorter than to equaling achene; spinules retrorse, minute, barely evident at 45X. Achenes 0.35–0.5 mm wide. Tubercles pyramidal or birettaform, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.3 mm. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Fresh, wet places in clearings in pine woods, depressions in cypress-black gum forests, lakeshores
Elevation: 0–600 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., Ind., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., N.J., N.C., Pa., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

with longitudinal rows +, smooth +  and honeycomb-reticulate +
redbrown +, spotted olive +, whitish +  and olive or pale-brown +
smooth +  and markedly sculptured +
trigonous;obovoid +
0.35mm;0.5mm +
0.055 cm0.55 mm <br />5.5e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
0.3mm;0.5mm +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
acute;acute +
constricted +
Jeremy J. Bruhl +  and S. Galen Smith +
Torrey +
flattened +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
persistent +
enlarged +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
arching +  and ascending +
elliptic +  and quadrangular +
0.1mm;0.4mm +
purple +, mottled-redbrown +, streaked +, redbrown +, green +  and pale-brown +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, La. +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
0–600 m +
purple +, mottled-redbrown +, streaked +, pale-brown +, whitish +  and colorless +
papery +  and membranous +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Fresh, wet places in clearings in pine woods, depressions in cypress-black gum forests, lakeshores +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
green and redbrown or green and purple +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
obscure +  and prominent +
ovate +  and elliptic +
membranous +
0.4mm;0.8mm +
flattened +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting spring–fall. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
amplexicaulous +  and empty +
stramineous;medium brown or red brown or blackish brown +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
ovate +  and lanceolate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
ascending +  and creeping +
caudex-like +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
stoloniferous +
proliferating +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.07 cm10.7 mm <br />0.0107 m <br />) +
terete;ovoid;ellipsoid or lanceoloid +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
Eleocharis torreyana +
Eleocharis microcarpa var. filiculmis +
Eleocharis microcarpa +
variety +
pale-brown;redbrown +
0.1mm;0.2mm +
birettaform +  and pyramidal +
0.1mm +  and 0.3mm +
plant +  and mat-forming +