Phyllospadix serrulatus

Ruprecht ex Ascherson

Linnaea 35: 169. 1868.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.

Herbs; nodes with 2 roots. Leaves: sheath 4–20 cm, margins not overlapping; blade 30–60 cm ´ 1–4 mm, margins serrulate distally, apex obtuse to truncate or rarely slightly notched; veins 5–7. Generative shoot 1–6 cm, nodes 1, without leaves, of 1 (–2) spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 11–40 ´ 1–2 mm; staminate bract 4–5.5 ´ 2–3 mm; pistillate bract 4–8 ´ 1.5–2 mm, base not narrowed, apex obtuse to truncate. Fruits 4–5 ´ 5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Upper tidal to subtidal, attached to rocks or rarely on deep clay substrates
Elevation: - 6 m

Discussion

Lower Taxa

None.

"not elongating" is not a number.

... more about "Phyllospadix serrulatus"
obtuse;truncate +
Robert R. Haynes +
Ruprecht ex Ascherson +
not narrowed +
toothed +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
pistillate +  and staminate +
4 +  and 8 +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
B.C. +  and Alaska. +
pistillate +  and staminate +
rudimentary +
crescent--shaped +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Upper tidal to subtidal, attached to rocks or rarely on deep clay substrates +
terminal +  and axillary +
submersed +
scarious +
not overlapping +
orthotropous +  and pendulous +
not spiraling +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Flowering and fruiting summer. +
crescent--shaped +
felger1973a +  and ostenfeld1905a +
auriculate +
persisting +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
Phyllospadix serrulatus +
Phyllospadix +
species +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
caulescent +  and rhizomatous +