Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Fimbristylis perpusilla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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The spikelets in the genus Fimbristylis resemble tiny pinecones. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis perpusilla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis perpusilla
COMMON NAME:
Harper's Fimbry
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August Marlboro County SC
Plants diminuitive; leaf blades < 1mm wide; inflorescence bracts 1-2 cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Keith Bradley kab_5518
August Marlboro County SC
Typically occurs on banks exposed in summer by falling water levels, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Fimbristylis perpusilla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fimbristylis perpusilla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fimbristylis perpusilla
4364
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Drawdown zones of natural depression ponds or exposed banks of blackwater or brownwater rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Achene
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