Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Bulbostylis barbata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Old World Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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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Keith Bradley kab_b_barbata_04525
July Miami-Dade County FL
Inflorescence bracts few & inconspicuous, none (1?) exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora.
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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 (5/21/15):
Bulbostylis barbata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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
3916
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Non-native: Old World tropics
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in Mtns & NC Piedmont)(uncommon elsewhere)
Look for it in sandy fields, 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 reddish-purple
with green keel
Spikelets sessile
Bisexual
Superior ovary
Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!