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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/23/2012)
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Species
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REMIREA MARITIMA Aubl.
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Pl. Guian. 1:45. t. I6. 1775.
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Description
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A glabrous perennial with long slender rhizomes; culms 5-30 cm. long, erect or nearly prostrate, densely leafy; leaves spread- ing, stiff, 2-8 cm. long; bracts 2-6, similar to the leaves; spikelets in a dense head, 1-flowered, brownish, 3-5 mm. long, the inner scale corky and inflated; stamens 3; style usually 3-cleft; achene 2 mm. long, elliptic, obscurely trigo- nous, apiculate, dark brown, lightly papillose.
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Note
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A stiff plant of tropical shores of both hemispheres, with roots extending deeply into the sand. Said by Standley to have been col- lected by Fendler at Chagres.
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