Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis coarctata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Elliott's Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-002?:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bulbostylis coarctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus coarctatus
COMMON NAME:
Elliott's Hairsedge
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Keith Bradley kab_b_coarctata_71860
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Spikelets mostly on slender pedicels, inflorescence thus open and umbel-like, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_b_coarctata_71874
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Inflorescence a compound (rarely simple) umbel of many (8-30) spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis coarctata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. coarctata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-002?:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Bulbostylis coarctata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus coarctatus
2740
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Sandhills, usually associated with longleaf pine and wiregrass, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brown
Spikelets sessile or pedicellate
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Grayish
Nutlet
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