familyCommelinaceae
genusCallisia
speciesCallisia graminea

Callisia graminea

(Small) G. C. Tucker

Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 70:118. 1989.

Robert B. Faden
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Cuthbertia graminea Small Fl. S.E. U.S., 237, 1328. 1903
Synonyms: Tradescantia rosea var. graminea (Small) E. S. Anderson & Woodson
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
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Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Herbs, perennial, cespitose, erect to ascending. Roots glabrous to sparsely puberulent. Stems (4–) 15–25 (–40) cm. Leaves ascending; basal leaf-sheaths glabrous to pilose or puberulent; blade linear, 4–17 × 0.1–0.5 mm (distal leaf-blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened). Inflorescences: bracts often elongate, sometimes minute, 2–14 mm, if elongate ± herbaceous, if minute scarious. Flowers pedicellate; pedicels (0.7–) 1.2–2 cm; petals pink to rose, 8–10 mm; filaments bearded. Capsules 2–3.5 mm. Seeds 1.5–2 mm. n = 6, 12, 18.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Sandy soil in pine-oak woods (especially longleaf pine and turkey oak) and pine barrens, often on sandhills, occasionally in thickets, old fields and roadsides

Distribution

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Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

I have not been able to confirm the record of this species from Maryland in M. L. Brown and R. G. Brown (1984).

Selected References

Giles, N. H. Jr. 1942. Autopolyploidy and geographical distribution in Cuthbertia graminea Small. Amer. J. Bot. 29: 637--645.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Author
Robert B. Faden +
Authority
(Small) G. C. Tucker +
Basal sheath pubescence
glabrous;pilose or puberulent +
Basionyms
Cuthbertia graminea +
Blade architecture
sessile +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade length
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Blade texture
succulent +
Blade width
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
Bract architecture
spathaceous +
Bract growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Bract presence
absent +
Bract prominence
inconspicuous +
Bract shape
elongate +
Bract size
minute +
Bract some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Bract texture
scarious +
Bracteole duration
persistent +
Capsule architecture
2-3-valved +
Capsule architecture or structure in adjective form
2-3-locular +
Capsule dehiscence
loculicidal +
Capsule some measurement
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Cyme architecture
sessile +
Cyme condition or size
contracted +
Cyme shape
umbel-like +
Distribution
Fla. +, Ga. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
Embryotegum position
Abaxial (?) +
Embryotegum shape
lidlike +
Filament pubescence
bearded +
Flower architecture
pedicellate +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Habitat
Sandy soil in pine-oak woods (especially longleaf pine and turkey oak) and pine barrens, often on sandhills, occasionally in thickets, old fields and roadsides +
Hilum shape
Punctiform (?) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
thyrsiform +  and cymose +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Inflorescence shape
umbel-like +
Inflorescence size
reduced +
Leaf arrangement
2-ranked +  and arranged +
Leaf orientation
ascending +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
parallel +
N chromosome quantity
18 +, 12 +  and 6 +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-3-locular +
Ovary position
superior +
Ovule architecture or arrangement
1-seriate +
Ovule atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Ovule quantity
2 +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
Pedicel development
developed +
Pedicel height or length or size
short +
Pedicel some measurement
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Petal architecture
petaloid +
Petal architecture or texture
deliquescent +
Petal coloration
pink +  and rose +
Petal fusion
distinct +
Petal quantity
3 +
Petal shape
not clawed +
Petal size
unequal +
Petal some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Petal variability
equal +
Phenology
Flowering spring–fall. +
Publication title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum +
Publication year
1989 +
Reference
giles1942a +
Root architecture
tuberous +
Root pubescence
glabrous +  and sparsely puberulent +
Root width
thin +
Seed atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Seed quantity
2 +
Seed some measurement
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Sepal architecture
sepaloid +
Sepal fusion
distinct +
Sepal quantity
3 +
Sepal size
subequal +
Sheath condition
closed +
Source xml
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Special status
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Stamen position
staminodial +
Stamen presence
absent +
Stamen quantity
0 +  and 3 +
Stamen reproduction
fertile +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stem atypical some measurement
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Stem some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
Stigma architecture
simple +
Stigma quantity
1 +
Stigma size
not +  and enlarged +
Style architecture
simple +
Style quantity
1 +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Tradescantia rosea var. graminea +
Taxon family
Commelinaceae +
Taxon name
Callisia graminea +
Taxon parent
Callisia +
Taxon rank
species +
Volume
Volume 22 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +  and cespitose +
Whole organism orientation
erect +  and ascending +
X chromosome quantity
6 +  and 8 +