Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Annual
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, North America, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
There is an illustration of an achene in Correll & Correll (1982: 246-247). For an image, click on the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants link below. For a specimen image, visit the
New York Botanical Garden Virtual Herbarium.
Synonyms:
Scleria tenella.
