Flora of North America species comparison

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Schoenoplectus sect. Malacogeton
Habit Plants perennial; rhizomes spreading, conspicuous, long, weak, soft, flaccid; tuber occasionally present, terminal (and sometimes subterminal).
Culms

0.5–2–3 mm wide.
Leaves

all basal;

blades often flaccid.
Inflorescences

1–3 times branched or capitate or of 1 spikelet.
Spikelets

scales with usually 3–11 distinct or obscure parallel ribs (veins), at least in proximal part of spikelet, apex entire or obscurely emarginate, usually mucronate.
Flowers

perianth segments bristlelike, spinulose;

amphicarpic flowers absent.
Achenes

trigonous, 2.5–4.5 mm, smooth.

Schoenoplectus sect. Malacogeton
Distribution
North America; e Asia
Discussion

Species 4 or 5 (3 in the flora).

The North American species are the most aquatic of all North American Schoenoplectus (S. G. Smith and E. Hayasaka 2001).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Schoenoplectus
Subordinate taxa
Synonyms Scirpus section Malacogeton
Name authority (Ohwi) S. G. Smith & Hayasaka: J. Jap. Bot. 76: 340. (2001)
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