Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis geniculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
GREATER THAN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 030-03-008:
Eleocharis caribaea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
GREATER THAN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Eleocharis caribaea
COMMON NAME:
Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74805
June Miami-Dade County FL
Culms producing at least some fertile spikelets, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74815
June Miami-Dade County FL
Spikes ovoid to subglobose; achene body 0.7-1.0 mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820
June Miami-Dade County FL
Plants tufted, without creeping rhizomes, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820b
June Miami-Dade County FL
Spike abruptly expanded from the culm, > 2x thick as culm immediately below, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_e_geniculata_74820c
June Miami-Dade County FL
Eleocharis has no leaves, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US.