OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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


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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image of Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris, Densetuft Hairsedge, Common Hairsedge

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

 

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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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