Rhynchospora divergens Chapm. ex M.A.Curtis

Spreading beaksedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora

Characteristics

Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 10–60 cm; rhizomes absent. Culms erect or spreading arching, linear filiform, terete, leafy toward base. Leaves overtopped by culm; blades ascending, filiform, 0.3–0.5 mm wide, margins deeply involute, then channeled, apex tri-gonous, setaceous. Inflorescences: spikelet clusters 1–2(–4), dense(–open), narrowly to broadly turbinate; branches capillary, variously elongate; leafy bracts setaceous, proximal exceeding clusters. Spikelets brownish, lance ellipsoid to fusiform, 2–2.5(–3) mm, apex acute; fertile scales broadly elliptic, 1.5 mm, apex narrowly rounded to broadly acute, apiculate, convex cupulate, midrib narrow, short excurrent or included. Flowers: perianth absent. Fruits 1–3 or more per spikelet, (0.6–)0.7–0.9(–1) mm; body pale, glassy, obovoid lenticular, 0.6–0.7 × 0.4–0.5 mm, margins narrow, wirelike; surfaces finely striate, very finely reticulate; tubercle button depressed triangular or patelliform, 0.1–0.15 mm, apiculate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Rhynchospora divergens world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:312128-1
WFO ID wfo-0000515888
COL ID 4ST2J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhynchospora lamprosperma Phaeocephalum divergens Rhynchospora divergens Rhynchospora ravenelii Rhynchospora divergens var. expansa