Cyperus elegans L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Cyperaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cyperus elegans L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial by short rootstoeks; culms viscid-pubescent, 8 dm. tall or less. Leaves convolute in drying, the basal ones about as long as the culm, those of the involucre about 3, the longer ones much surpassing the inflorescence; umbel usually compound, the rays up to 15 cm. long; spikelets 2-12 in the clusters, digitate, oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 mm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, compressed; scales green-brown, ovate, strongly mucronate, about 3 mm. long; stamens and stylebranches 3; achene obovoid, 3-angled, nearly black, about half as long as the scale.

  • Distribution

    Marshes and sink-holes, Great Bahama, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Watling's Island, Acklin's Isand, Great Esuma, Inagua : Florida: Cuba to St. Jan and Trinidad ; Jamaica ; Yucatan ; South America. Viscid Cyperus.

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