*Eleocharis retroflexa (Poiret) Urban. Phen: Jun-Aug. Hab: Moist areas. Dist: S. AL (probably a ballast waif, collected in Mobile and Baldwin counties by Mohr in 1896); Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America, tropical Asia, Australia. More populations could be found (or redetermined) from the Gulf Coastal Plain.
ID notes: The broad-shouldered, strongly sculptured achenes, trilobed, decurrent tubercles, and basal spikelets are distinctive; this species may also often produce proliferous spikelets (Smith et al. 2002).
Origin/Endemic status: Pantropics
Synonymy: = FNA23, K2, K3, K4
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
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