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Rhynchospora floridensis
Rhynchospora floridensis
(Britt.) H. Pfeiffer
Synonym:
Dichromena floridensis
Common Names:
White Top, White-headed Rush
Family:
Cyperaceae
Habit:
Rhynhcospora floridensis
grows as a clumping herb to 40 centimeters in height (typically 15-20 centimeters). The leaves are arranged alternately, parallel veined, to 15 cm in length on a triangular shaped stem.
The incomplete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in spikelets grouped together in a short rachis forming a head like structure on a scape. Each spikelet is subtended by a large showy white bract. The individual flowers are subtended by 1 scale. The lower flowers in each spikelet are infertile. There is no calyx or corolla. There are 3 stamens. The ovary is superior with a single locule. The fruit is a dark achene at maturity.
Habitat:
Rhynchospora floridensis
grows along the edges of fresh water wetlands, in
Sabal palmetto
woodlands, Pine Woodlands and Mangrove areas that are only slightly brackish.
Distribution:
Rhynchospora floridensis
on all island groupings in the Lucayan Archipelago, Caribbean, Florida, Mexico and Central America.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage:
Rhynchospora floridensis
is not know to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
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