Photo 100951270, (c) Janet Wright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Janet Wright

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What

Threadleaf Beaksedge (Rhynchospora filifolia)

Observer

janetwright

Date

October 2020

Description

Dried intermittent pond in pine savanna. Culm 50cm, filiform, 0.5mm thick. Basal leaves 30cm, filiform. Inflorescence a terminal turbinate cluster of spikelets. Bract short but exceeds inflorescence. Spikelet 3mm, 1 fruit per spikelet. Achene biconvex, smooth, with glassy "eye," 1.2mm x 0.7mm + 0.6mm setose tubercle. Bristles extend to end of tubercle.

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