Family: Cyperaceae
Group: Monocot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Herb
Perennation:
Annual
Native Range: Scattered in the southeastern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; also in the Old World.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Critically Imperiled
Map of South Florida Locations
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: This was reported as possibly extirpated in South Florida in
Gann et al. (2002; pp 137-139), based on herbarium specimens collected from 1843 to 1980 in Charlotte, Collier, and Lee counties and the Monroe County Keys. The locality of the 1980 collection was undergoing development in 2000. Jay Horn observed this in 2021 at Carnestown, Collier County and reported it on
iNaturalist. This station is about 15 miles from where Olga Lakela made a collection at Collier-Seminole State Park in 1965 (
Lakela 29208 USF).
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Not Cultivated
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Presumed Extirpated
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Presumed Extirpated
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Presumed Extirpated
Map of Florida Keys Locations
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Only one collection is known - from the herbarium of Alvan W. Chapman. The specimen (s.n., NY) is labeled as collected in 1843 from the island of Key West, but it is not certain if Chapman was the actual collector. Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. For more information, see IRC's
species account.
