CYPERACEAE
Eleocharis macrostachya Britton

Mono Lake, Mono Co.
Coll. Herbert Mason
September 4, 1948
Mason #100735
UCMP-SFES #37

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Morphology, Distribution, and Habitat (After Mason, 1957)

The achene is lenticular, yellowish-brown, 1.5 millimeters long (including tubercle). The tubercle is broadly to narrowly pyramidal or cone-shaped and constricted at the base. The plant is common and widespread in marshes, vernal pools, ditches, and flooded lands throughout California.