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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia

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 ciliatifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Stenophyllus ciliatifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge


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image of Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbciliatifolia_cabin1

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

image of Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbciliatifolia_cabin1b

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

inflorescence a simple (rarely compound) umbel of few (3-9) lance-ovoid spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Bulbostylis ciliatifolia, Savannah Hairsedge, Capillary Hairsedge

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmbciliatifolia_cabin2

Month Unknown    Clarendon County    SC

Leaves basal, hairlike (capillary) or bristle-like (setaceous), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bulbostylis ciliatifolia var. ciliatifolia

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 ciliatifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus ciliatifolius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2414

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Moist to wet sands of savannas, roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brown
Spikelets sessile or pedicellate
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish/Grayish
Nutlet

 

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