Eleocharis filiculmis Kunth

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Eleocharis

Characteristics

Rhizomes short, the culms tufted, 10-30 cm. high; spikelets 4-7 mm. long, many-flowered, obtuse, fuscous or rarely purplish, the scales obtuse or emarginate; bristles shorter than the achene, which is trigonous, obovoid, smooth, the tubercle trigonous, short and broad.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Root system rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Eleocharis filiculmis world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:306822-1
WFO ID wfo-0000404097
COL ID 6F2KM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 731785
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Synonyms

Baeothryon tenuiculum Chaetocyperus tenuiculus Eleocharis balansaeana Eleocharis calyptrata Eleocharis rothiana Eleocharis filiculmis Eleocharis stylosa Eleocharis piauhiensis Eleocharis sulcata Scirpidium piauhiense Scirpidium sulcatum Scirpus tenuiculus Chlorocharis balansaeana Eleocharis costaricensis Eleocharis elassocarpa Eleocharis pachyrhyncha Scirpus filiculmis Limnochloa calyptrata Scirpus filiculmis Eleocharis filiculmis var. douradae Eleocharis rothiana var. nuda Scirpidium sulcatum var. lituratum Fimbristylis sulcata Eleocharis punctata Scirpus sulcatus Eleocharis sulcata var. filiculmis Eleocharis purpureovaginata