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Blysmopsis
Family:
Cyperaceae
FNA
Resources
Jeremy J. Bruhl & Gordon C. Tucker in Flora of North America (vol. 23)
Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms terete or distally rounded-trigonous. Leaves basal; ligules present; blades flat. Inflorescences terminal, spicate; involucral bracts several, suberect, proximal leaflike, distal scalelike; spikelets 2-25 per spike. Spikelets: scales 2-5, lateral spikelets spirally arranged, each subtending flower, terminal spikelets pseudodistichous. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles (0-)3-5(-6), barbed, shorter than achene; stamens 3; styles linear, 2-fid, base persistent. Achenes biconvex or plano-convex. x = 20.
Blysmopsis rufa
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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