Lipocarpha

 

 

 

Lipocarpha microcephala (R. Br.) Kunth

Distribution:   Adventive weed

Habitat:  Wet pinelands

Recognition:  Thin and grassy.  Culms mostly > 10 cm (to 35 cm vs. usually < 10 cm in our other species); achenes elongate (> 3.5 X as long as wide); spikelets 2-8 mm long (< 5 mm in our other species)

Florida status:  Introduced Old World Species