Phyllospadix scouleri
Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 171. 1838.
Herbs; nodes with 2 rows of 3–5 roots. Leaves: sheath 4–35 cm, margins not overlapping; blade to 2 m × 1–4 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to truncate or rarely slightly notched; veins 3. Generative shoots 0.2–11 cm, nodes 1–2, proximal node when present with 1 leaf, sterile, distal node with 1 leaf and 1 (–2) spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 11–60 × 1–2 mm; staminate bract 4–5.5 × 2–3 mm; pistillate bract 4–8 × 1.5–3 mm, base not narrowed, apex truncate to acute. Fruits 4–5 × 5.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting late spring and summer.
Habitat: Intertidal and upper part of sublittoral
Elevation: -2 m
Distribution
B.C., Alaska, Calif., Oreg., Wash., Mexico (in Baja California)
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
truncate;acute +
not narrowed +
toothed +
Scouler’s surf-grass +
straight +
woolly +
absent +
rudimentary +
unisexual +
drupaceous +
crescent--shaped +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (?) +
lateral +
Present +
sessile +
alternate +
submersed +
scarious +
not overlapping +
1;2 +
not spiraling +
free +
absent +
crescent--shaped +
sterile +
Flora Boreali-Americana +
1838 +
3;5 +
ligulate +
circular +
auriculate +
open +
persisting +
longer +
pedunculate +
pistillate +
projecting +
Illustrated +
Phyllospadix scouleri +
Phyllospadix +
species +
absent +
perennial +
attached +