NameThatPlant.net: Bulbostylis capillaris ssp. capillaris

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

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-001:

Bulbostylis capillaris FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Densetuft Hairsedge, Common Hairsedge

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-001:
Bulbostylis capillaris FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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