Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Preliminary IRC Status:
Apparently Secure
Native Range:
Endemic to the Bahama Archipelago (accepted as endemic by Freid et al. 2014).
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
Moist soil; nearly throughout the archipelago (Correll & Correll, 1982).
For an image of a type specimen collected by H.F.A. von Eggers in 1888, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
For a specimen image, visit the
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Eleocharis atropurpurea of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not (Retz.) Kunth;
Eleocharis flaccida of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not (Rchb. ex Spreng.) Urb.
