Fimbristylis puberula var. puberula

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Fimbristylis drummondii (Torrey & Hooker) Boeckeler Fimbristylis multistriata Boeckeler Fimbristylis puberula var. drummondii (Michaux) Chapman Fimbristylis spadicea var. puberula Isolepis drummondii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 129. Mentioned on page 128.

Plants with culm bases thickened, contiguous; rhizomes of attached culm bases, knotty, stout, covered with dark fibers and chaff from old leaf-bases. Leaves: leaf-sheaths distally with at least some hairs; blades with margins distantly to closely scabrid, surfaces glabrous or densely hirtellous. Fertile scales totally or distally puberulent.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–summer.
Habitat: Moist clays to sands or sandy peats, in prairies, savannas, glades, pinelands, acidic to basic sites
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mich., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Utah, Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

yellowish +  and dark-brown +
reticulate-honeycombed +
lenticular-obovoid +
ascending-branching +, compound +  and simple +
Robert Kral +
(Michaux) Vahl +
deciduous +
swollen +
enlarged +
Scirpus puberulus +
keeled +, terete +, folded +  and flat +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
3-5-angled +, compressed +  and terete +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Utah +  and Va. +
0–1000 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Moist clays to sands or sandy peats, in prairies, savannas, glades, pinelands, acidic to basic sites +
interrupted +  and continuous +
compound +  and simple +
erect +  and spreading +
polystichous +  and distichous +
glabrous;pubescent +
incomplete +  and complete +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting late spring–summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
distinct +
indistinct +
isodiametric +  and rectangular +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
obtuse-angled;obtuse;ovate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
wand-like +
slender +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
single +, 1 +  and 80 +
broadly ovoid;lance-cylindric +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
fimbriate +  and 2-fid +
hirtellous +  and glabrous +
Fimbristylis drummondii +, Fimbristylis multistriata +, Fimbristylis puberula var. drummondii +, Fimbristylis spadicea var. puberula +  and Isolepis drummondii +
Fimbristylis puberula var. puberula +
Fimbristylis puberula +
variety +
not +  and rhizomatous +