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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Family: Cyperaceae | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Eleocharis | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth NATIVE Habit: Perennial herb 25--50 cm; rhizome 0.7--2 mm diam, tough. Stem: 0.5--1.2 mm diam, subcylindric or +- flat. Leaf: distal sheath firm, persistent, tip subtruncate to obtuse, generally some or all with tooth-like projection to 1 mm. Inflorescence: spikelet 4--12 mm, 2--3 mm wide; flower bracts 30--100, 1.5--2.5 mm, tip wide-rounded, often transversely wrinkled, recurved. Flower: anthers 0.8--1.5 mm; stigmas 3. Fruit: 0.7--1 mm, 0.7--0.8 mm wide, 3-sided, fine-wrinkled or -net-like; perianth bristles 5--6(7), (vestigial to) << to = fruit. Chromosomes: 2n=20. Ecology: Locally common. Fresh wet places in riparian and foothill woodland, pine forest, streams; Elevation: < 2000 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCoRI, CaR, n SN, ScV, CCo, SCoR, SW, DSon; Distribution Outside California: to Florida, Mexico, South America. Flowering Time: Spring--summer Note: Variable, especially outside California; often resembles Eleocharis parishii. Synonyms: Eleocharis arenicola Torr. ex Engelm. & A. Gray; Eleocharis montana (Kunth) Roem. & Schult. subsp. montevidensis (Kunth) Osten; Eleocharis palmeri Svenson; eFlora Treatment Author: S. Galen Smith Reference: Smith et al. 2002 FNANM 23:60--120 Jepson Online Interchange Previous taxon: Eleocharis macrostachya Next taxon: Eleocharis obtusa | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: S. Galen Smith 2012, Eleocharis montevidensis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=23977, accessed on April 22, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 22, 2018. More photos of Eleocharis montevidensis in CalPhotos
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