familyCyperaceae
genusBlysmopsis
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Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 309. 1974.
Common names: Blysmopsis
Etymology: Blysmus, a genus name, and Greek - opsis, likeness
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Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. Culms terete or distally rounded-trigonous. Leaves basal; ligules present; blades flat. Inflorescences terminal, spicate; involucral bracts several, suberect, proximal leaflike, distal scalelike; spikelets 2–25 per spike. Spikelets: scales 2–5, lateral spikelets spirally arranged, each subtending flower, terminal spikelets pseudodistichous. Flowers bisexual; perianth bristles (0–)3–5(–6), barbed, shorter than achene; stamens 3; styles linear, 2-fid, base persistent. Achenes biconvex or plano-convex. x = 20.
Distribution
Boreal regions of North America, Europe, and Asia.
Discussion
Species 1.