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
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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 north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
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
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JK Marlow jkm220809_9526
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220809_9527
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Frequently with a mixture of long and very short culms, the short nearly hidden among the leaves, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4850
August Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Leaf blades filiform, 0.5mm wide, involute, margins ciliate-scabrid, surface glabrous, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm230808_4855
August Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Spikelets red-brown, ovoid to lanceoloid, 3-5mm, per Flora of North America.
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 north of Mexico, vol. 23
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
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brown or purple
Spikelets sessile or pedicellate
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Spikelets solitary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".