Wild Flowering Plants
| Cyperaceae family Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 149. 1817. Bas.: Scirpus interstinctus Vahl (1805). Jon Indigenous quite common herb of ponds at lower elevations Antigua, Nevis, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, rest of West Indies, Trinidad, North America, Mesoamerica, South America. Round in cross-section - see the triangular Eleocharis mutata which is found in shallower water. It used to be used for making the seats of local chairs - chez jon. |