Rhynchospora megaplumosa explained

Rhynchospora megaplumosa, the Manatee beaksedge, is a plant species endemic to a small region in central Florida. It is known from only 4 Counties: Polk, Hillsboro, Manatee and Sarasota. It generally grows on sandy soil in pine woodlands.^{[1] [2]}

Rhynchospora megaplumosa is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, often forming clumps. Culms are round in cross-section. Spikelets are densely crowded together, tapering at both ends, light brown, about 9 mm long, with bristles nearly twice as long as the fruit, sticking out of the spikelet and giving a feathery appearance.^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357904 Flora of North America v 23 p 218. Rhynchospora megaplumosa
2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Rhynchospora%20megaplumosa.png BONAP (Biota of North America Project) floristic synthesis,Rhynchospora megaplumosa
3. Bridges, Edwin L. & Orzell, Steve L. 2000. Lundellia 3: 20–25, f. 1.
4. Kral, R. 1996. Supplemental notes on Rhynchospora crinipes and related species in sect. Fuscae (Cyperaceae). Sida 17: 385–411.
5. Kükenthal, G. 1949–1951. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Rhynchosporoideae 18. Rhynchospora Vahl. Botanische Jahrbuch der Systematik 74: 375–509; 75: 90–115, 273–314, 451–497.