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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
These are short plants in dense tufts of many slender, threadlike stems. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Bulbostylis capillaris
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-001:
Bulbostylis capillaris FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus capillaris
COMMON NAME:
Densetuft Hairsedge, Common Hairsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_stca17_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Bulbostylis capillaris
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-001:
Bulbostylis capillaris
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus capillaris
4464
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual/Perennial
Habitat: Thin soils on rock outcrops, especially granite domes and granite flatrocks (but also on mafic rocks, such as diabase), sandy soils, fields, bogs (in FL), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brown or purple
Spikelets sessile or pedicellate
Bisexual
Superior ovary
Spikelets solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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