Lipocarpha micrantha |
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dwarf bulrush, lipocarphe à petites fleurs, small flower hemicarpha, small-flower dwarf-bulrush, small-flower half chaff sedge, small-flower lipocarpha |
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Culms | 2–20 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Leaves | 1.5–10 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. |
Inflorescences | spikes 1–2(–3), ovoid (to globose), 1–3(–5) × 1–2 mm, not bristly; bracts 1–2(–3), longest erect, others spreading, 2–5 cm × 0.3–0.6 mm. |
Spikelets | floral scales 2; 1st scale laterally yellowish to reddish brown, with green midvein, obtrullate to obovate, widest at or distal to mid length, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm; 2d scale 2-fid, sometimes absent, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas 2. |
Achenes | obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.4–0.6(–0.7) × 0.2–0.3 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide. |
Lipocarpha micrantha |
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Phenology | Fruiting late summer–early fall. |
Habitat | Emergent shorelines, rarely freshwater tidal shores |
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AZ; CA; CT; FL; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; RI; TX; VA; WA; WI; BC; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Africa
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Source | FNA vol. 23, p. 197. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Lipocarpha |
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Synonyms | Scirpus micranthus, Hemicarpha micrantha, Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor, Hemicarpha subsquarrosa, Hemicarpha subsquarrosa var. minor, Isolepis subsquarrosa, Isolepis subsquarrosa var. minor, Scirpus subsquarrosus |
Name authority | (Vahl) G. C. Tucker: J. Arnold Arbor. 68: 410. (1987) |
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