Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bulbous Woodrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Woodrush
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_luzula_bulbosa_9015
March Catawba County NC
Rays of inflorescence stiffish, rarely not all erect or erect-ascending, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_luzula_bulbosa_5242
April Catawba County NC
Flowers borne in dense glomerate clusters (glomerules), these often cylindric, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
2256
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA-SC Coastal Plain)
Look for it in dry forests and 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 (few) & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Shiny brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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