OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis coarctata   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-002?:

Bulbostylis ciliatifolia   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Bulbostylis coarctata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stenophyllus coarctatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Hairsedge


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image of Bulbostylis coarctata, Elliott's Hairsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_b_coarctata_71860

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Longest involucral bract commonly exceeding the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Bulbostylis coarctata, Elliott's Hairsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_b_coarctata_71874

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Inflorescence a compound (rarely simple) umbel of many (8-30) spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis coarctata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-002?:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bulbostylis coarctata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus coarctatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2740

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Sandhills, usually associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brown
Spikelets sessile or pedicellate
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Grayish
Nutlet

 

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