Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Ware's Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-003:
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus warei
COMMON NAME:
Ware's Hairsedge
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Keith Bradley kab_bulbostylisi_79202
July Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_bulbostylisi_79202b
July Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
Spikelets sessile, the inflorescence thus a capitate cluster, per Weakley's Flora.
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Keith Bradley kab_bulbostylisi_79207
July Highlands County FL
Archbold Biological Station
Leaves 1/2 length of culms; blades narrowly linear, 0.7-1mm wide, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbwarei_jasp
July Jasper County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmbwarei_jasp2
July Jasper County SC
Inflorescence bracts widened abruptly at base, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-003:
Bulbostylis warei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus warei
2415
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC, rare in NC (if still there)
Look for it in sandhills, dry pine flatwoods, dunes, Florida scrub, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales purplish-brown
Spikelets sessile
Bisexual
Superior ovary
Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!