View source for Cladium californicum

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|accepted_name=Cladium californicum
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) O’Neill in I. Tidestrom and T. Kittell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in I. Tidestrom and T. Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.,
|place=773. 1941
|year=1941
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Cladium mariscus var. californicum
|authority=S. Watson
|publication_title=Bot. California
|publication_place=2: 224. 1880
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mariscus californicus
|authority=(S. Watson) Fernald
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cladium;Cladium californicum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cladium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cladium californicum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 242
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Rhizomes </b>to 20 cm × 10 mm. <b>Culms</b> 1–2 m × 5–10 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: blades flat to broadly V-shaped, 1–2 m × 7–10 mm, margins and midvein abaxially harshly scabrous with teeth visible to unaided eye. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal (or lateral and terminal), pedunculate, peduncle mostly covered by subtending leaf sheath, 30–50 cm; 1st, 2d, 3d, and rarely 4th order branches, branches slightly flexuous. <b>Spikelets</b> in groups of (3–)4–6, ellipsoid to lanceolate, 3 mm; floral scales 5–6, the proximal chestnut brown, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–3 × 2 mm, midvein conspicuous, lateral veins weak; stamens 2; anthers 2 mm, connective apices 0.1 mm; styles 1–1.5 mm; stigmas 1–1.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> purplish brown, ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1 mm, base vaguely 3-lobed, truncate, not flared or discoid, apex acute, persistent style base forming beak 0.2 mm, smooth or irregularly rugulose, glossy. <b>2n</b> = 36.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting and flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Alkaline marshes, swamps, springs
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Coahuila).
|discussion=<p><i>Cladium californicum</i> is chiefly differentiated from <i>C. jamaicense</i> by distribution. A detailed investigation of the morphologic differences between the two species would be instructive.</p>
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name=Cladium californicum
|author=
|authority=(S. Watson) O’Neill in I. Tidestrom and T. Kittell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Mariscus californicus
|basionyms=Cladium mariscus var. californicum
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting and flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Alkaline marshes, swamps, springs
|elevation=0–2000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Nev.;Tex.;Utah;Mexico (Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=in I. Tidestrom and T. Kittell, Fl. Ariz. New Mex.,
|publication year=1941
|special status=
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|genus=Cladium
|species=Cladium californicum
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