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Family Cyperaceae

HAWAII - INDIGENOUS

Fimbristylis cymosa subsp. spathacea

Rusty Bucket, Midway Atoll

MAU'U or 'AKI'AKI

Uncommon on beaches & dunes.  Inflorescences are open, simple or compound.  Indigenous to Hawaii, the Tropical Pacific & Central America.  Fimbristylis atollensis is a synonym.