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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Savannah Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia
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 ciliatifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus ciliatifolius
COMMON NAME:
Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge
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inflorescence a simple (rarely compound) umbel of few (3-9) lance-ovoid spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Month Unknown Clarendon County SC
Leaves basal, hairlike (capillary) or bristle-like (setaceous), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia
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 ciliatifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus ciliatifolius
2414
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Moist to wet sands of savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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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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