Descriptive
Information
- Field
marks: "Head solitary, terminal.
Flowers tiny, centrally clustered around the bracts. Bracts reflexed,
apex green, base white. Bracts lanceolate, 7 or more. White portion
of lragest bract usually longer than 1 in. (25 mm). Leaves primarily
basal, linear, smooth, shorter than the flowering stem. Flowering
stem smooth, ribbed."
- Size:
"12-28 in. (30-70 cm) tall"
- General
habitat: "Moist pinelands and
wet marshes"
- Geographic
range: Throughout the state of Florida
- Ecosystem(s)
where observed: Pineland
- Other
information: "Flowering time
spring, summer, early fall. Synonym--Dichromena latifolia. Family--Cyperaceae
(sedge)."
- References:
Taylor, Walter K. 1992. The Guide to Florida Wildflowers. Taylor
Publishing Co. p.29.
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