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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis stenophylla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sandy-field Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis stenophylla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Bulbostylis stenophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-004:
Bulbostylis stenophylla FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus stenophyllus
COMMON NAME:
Sandy-field Hairsedge
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Keith Bradley kab_b_stenophylla_71940
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Densely cespitose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_b_stenophylla_71940b
August Miami-Dade County FL
Ludlam Pineland Preserve
Inflorescence bracts many & conspicuous, much exceeding spikelet cluster, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis stenophylla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis stenophylla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Bulbostylis stenophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-004:
Bulbostylis stenophylla
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Stenophyllus stenophyllus
3917
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dry pine savannas, Florida scrub, and disturbed sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in NC
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales brownish
Spikelets sessile
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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