Scleria ciliata var. ciliata

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 249. Mentioned on page 248.

Culms slender, hairy. Leaves 1–3.5 mm wide, ciliate. Bracts ciliate. Tubercles entire or lobed. Achenes 2–3 × 1.5–2.3 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Wet to dry, sandy soil in thickets, pinelands, and disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–400 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., Mo., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba), Central America

Discussion

Scleria ciliata var. ciliata is found primarily along the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains and the Great Plains; it is evidently uncommon in the Mississippi Valley and absent from the Appalachian Mountains.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

brownish gray +, often +  and whitish +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
reticulate +, verrucose +, tuberculate +  and smooth +
1.5mm;2.3mm +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
papillate +, verrucose +  and tuberculate +
umbonate +
A. A. Reznicek +, John E. Fairey III +  and Alan T. Whittemore +
Michaux +
persistent +  and deciduous +
trigonous +
constricted +
glabrous +  and ciliate +
obtuse +  and keeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3-angled +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
subrotund +  and triangular +
wiry +  and unbranched +
erect +  and ascending +
glabrous +  and ciliate +
awl--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
filiform +
slender +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Cuba) +  and Central America +
0–400 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet to dry, sandy soil in thickets, pinelands, and disturbed areas +
prominent +  and rudimentary +
enlarged +  and slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
conspicuous +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting spring–fall. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Fl. Bor.-Amer. +
knotted +  and elongate +
adventitious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
basal +  and proximal +
ovate-acuminate;lanceolate +
membranous +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
staminate +  and flowered +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
2-3-fid +
Scleria ciliata var. ciliata +
Scleria ciliata +
variety +
pulverulent +
lobed +  and entire +
not +  and rhizomatous +