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Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens Boeckeler

Yellow spikerush (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Eleocharis > Eleocharis flavescens

Characteristics

Culms to 42 cm. Floral scales brown to stramineous. Flowers: perianth bristles vestigial to slightly exceeding achene, rarely longer. Achenes red-brown to dark brown when ripe, 0.4–0.8(–1.1) × 0.3–0.6 mm, apex rarely highly constricted proximal to tubercle. Tubercles 0.2–0.5 × 0.2–0.4 mm. 2n = 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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Distribution

Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Spain, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Italy, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77170988-1
WFO ID wfo-0000404145
COL ID 7LPBV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 931576
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Synonyms

Eleocharis praticola Eleocharis thermalis Scirpus ochreatus Trichophyllum ochreatum Trichophyllum praticola Trichophyllum thermale Eleocharis dussiana Eleocharis flaccida Eleocharis sulciculmis Scirpus palmaris Scirpus alboater Scirpus albovaginatus Scirpus flaccidus Scirpus gaudichaudianus Eleocharis albivaginata Eleocharis albovaginata Scirpus anisochaetus Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens Eleocharis albivaginata var. flaccida Eleocharis albovaginata var. humilis Eleocharis albivaginata var. macrostachya Eleocharis albivaginata var. stricta Eleocharis albivaginata var. tenuis Eleocharis flaccida var. arechavaletae Eleocharis flaccida var. capitata Eleocharis flaccida var. fuscescens Eleocharis flaccida var. humilis Eleocharis flaccida var. macrostachya Eleocharis flaccida var. olivacea Eleocharis flavescens var. dussiana Eleocharis flavescens var. fuscescens Eleocharis ochreata var. flaccida Eleocharis flavescens var. thermalis Eleogenus ochreatus Eleocharis albivaginata var. humilis Eleocharis flaccida var. genuina
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