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Fimbristylis thermalis is a species of fimbry known by the common name hot springs fimbry. Sereno Watson ( December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut - March 9, 1892 in Cambridge Massachusetts In Scientific nomenclature, synonyms are different Scientific names used for a single Taxon. Fimbristylis is a genus of sedges. A plant in this genus may be known commonly as a fimbry, fimbristyle, or fringe-rush. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in alkaline mud and sand, especially around hot springs and mineral-rich seeps. A hot spring is a spring that is produced by the emergence of geothermally heated Groundwater from the earth's crust. This is a thick-stemmed sedge which grows singly or in clumps and reaches maximum heights over a meter. It has a long rhizome system. In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal stem of a Plant that is usually found underground often sending out Roots and Shoots It has short, flat, spiral-arranged leaves. At the top of the stem is an inflorescence of ovate, pointed spikelets, each on a long peduncle. An inflorescence is a group or cluster of Flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main Branch or a complicated arrangement of branches In Botany, a peduncle is a stalk supporting an Inflorescence, or after Fecundation a fruit The spikelet has many hairy bracts. In Botany, a bract is a modified or specialized Leaf. Bracts are ordinarily associated with reproductive structures (subtending Flowers Inflorescence The fruit is a shiny brown achene one to two millimeters long. An achene is a type of simple dry Fruit produced by many species of Flowering plants Achenes are "monocarpellate" (formed from one Carpel
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