Fuirena simplex var. simplex

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 36. Mentioned on page 37.
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Herbs perennial, 2–10 m; rhizomes scaly, without cormlike buds, stout and short to long and slender. Culms tufted or in line on rhizome. Leaves: principal blades 5–20 cm, margins hispid-ciliate. Spikelets ovoid, lanceovoid, or lance-cylindric, 8–15 (–20) mm; fertile scales 2.5–3.5 mm. Flowers: anthers 3, 0.9–1.2 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Sands, clays, peats, gravels, often over limestones, in interdunal swales, seeps, low open woods, savannas and prairies, often along stream terraces
Elevation: 0–500 m

Distribution

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Ark., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba), West Indies (Dominican Republic), West Indies (Haiti), West Indies (Jamaica), West Indies (Puerto Rico), Central America, n South America

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

trigonous-rhomboid +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br />) +
Robert Kral +
persistent +
reduced +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scabridulous +
short +  and elongate +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
spaced +  and tufted +
in line +  and tufted +
erect +  and leaning +
3-5-angled +
hispid-hirsute +
Ark. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Cuba) +, West Indies (Dominican Republic) +, West Indies (Haiti) +, West Indies (Jamaica) +, West Indies (Puerto Rico) +, Central America +  and n South America +
0–500 m +
yellow +, redbrown +, brown +, glossy +  and deep +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Sands, clays, peats, gravels, often over limestones, in interdunal swales, seeps, low open woods, savannas and prairies, often along stream terraces +
pedunculate +  and sessile +
polystichous +
cauline +  and basal +
bristled +, or +, acute +, retuse +, rounded +  and ovate +
Fruiting summer–fall. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
glabrous adaxially glabrous +  and pilose +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Eclog. Amer. +
convergent +
adventitious +
stipitate-bladed +  and empty +
basal +  and proximal +
oblong;obovate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
lobed +  and forked +
Illustrated +
0 +  and 150 +
lance-cylindric;lanceovoid;lance-cylindric;lanceovoid;ovoid +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
long-exserted +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
Fuirena cylindrica +, Fuirena obtusiflora +, Fuirena primiera +, Fuirena schiedeana +, Fuirena squarrosa var. macrostachya +  and Fuirena zacapana +
Fuirena simplex var. simplex +
Fuirena simplex +
variety +
not +  and rhizomatous +