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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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 north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
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
Longest involucral bract commonly exceeding the inflorescence, 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 north of Mexico, vol. 23
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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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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