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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Bulbostylis barbata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-005:

Bulbostylis barbata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Stenophyllus barbatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass


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image of Bulbostylis barbata, Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass

Keith Bradley    kab_b_barbata_04525

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

Inflorescence bracts few & inconspicuous, none (1?) exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Bulbostylis barbata, Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass

Keith Bradley    kab_b_barbata_05200

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikelets sessile, the inflorescence thus a capitate cluster, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bulbostylis barbata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-005:
Bulbostylis barbata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3916

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Sandy fields, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Old World tropics

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains & NC Piedmont)(uncommon elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales reddish-purple with green keel
Spikelets sessile
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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