shortfruit spikesedge (Eleocharis brachycarpa)

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  • tiny tufted annual sedge with stems 2-4 inches tall
  • achene only 0.5 mm long- including tubercle
  • style 3-branched
  • face of achene with six longitudinal rows of about 15 cells
  • tubercle conic, constricted at base
  • ranges from Tamaulipas north into Texas
  • known in Texas from a specimen collected in April 1834 from "between Matamoros and Nueces."

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