Dulichium arundinaceum (Linnaeus) Britton (Q3277)

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Dulichium arundinaceum is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Dulichium
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Dulichium arundinaceum (Linnaeus) Britton
Dulichium arundinaceum is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Dulichium

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    taxon/id/Dulichium arundinaceum (Linnaeus) Britton
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    Dulichium arundinaceum (Linnaeus) Britton
    Dulichium arundinaceum
    (Linnaeus) Britton
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    Dulichium arundinaceum
    dulichium roseau (French)
    three-way sedge (English)
    duliche roseau (French)
    Rhizomes 2–5 mm thick;
    internodes 2–5 cm.
    Culms 2–14, erect, unbranched, jointed, aphyllopodic, terete, 20–100 cm × 2–5 mm;
    internodes hollow.
    Leaves: sheaths 2–14, bladeless, green, often with white dots in intervenal areas, with brown-hyaline 1–2 mm margin at mouth, firm;
    blades 3–15 per culm, 3-ranked, ascending, thick, 4–15 cm × 1–8 mm, ± leathery, glabrous;
    distal 5–20 leaves serving as bracts.
    Inflorescences 6–30 cm;
    spikes 1–17, in sheath axils, 2–5 cm.
    Spikelets 2-ranked, appressed-ascending to ascending-spreading, linear-lanceolate, flat, 1.5–3 cm × 1.2–2.5 mm;
    rachilla winged, wings hyaline, usually containing spongy tissue proximally, occasionally ciliate;
    scales decurrent, spongy-based, 5–9.5 × 1.4–2.4 mm, each subtending flower.
    Flowers 2-ranked, sessile;
    scales green with gold-hyaline margins;
    perianth bristles 6–9, 4–7.5 mm, stiff;
    stamens 3, longer than perianth bristles;
    pistils 1, 2-carpellate;
    styles 1, 3.8–6 mm, base persistent on achene;
    stigmas 2, 1–3.8 mm.
    Achene stipitate, 2–4 × 0.8–1.1 mm (excluding style base), shorter than perianth bristles.