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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis stenophylla   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Bulbostylis stenophylla

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-004:

Bulbostylis stenophylla   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Stenophyllus stenophyllus

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandy-field Hairsedge


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image of Bulbostylis stenophylla, Sandy-field Hairsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_b_stenophylla_71940

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Densely cespitose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Bulbostylis stenophylla, Sandy-field Hairsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_b_stenophylla_71940b

August    Miami-Dade County    FL

Ludlam Pineland Preserve

Inflorescence bracts many & conspicuous, much exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis stenophylla   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-004:
Bulbostylis stenophylla   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3917

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine savannas, Florida scrub, and disturbed sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brownish
Spikelets sessile
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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