OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Luzula bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Luzula bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:

Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Luzula campestris var. bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Juncoides bulbosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Woodrush


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image of Luzula bulbosa, Bulbous Woodrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_luzula_bulbosa_9015

March    Catawba County    NC

Rays of inflorescence stiffish, rarely not all erect or erect-ascending, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).

image of Luzula bulbosa, Bulbous Woodrush

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_luzula_bulbosa_5242

April    Catawba County    NC

Flowers borne in dense glomerate clusters (glomerules), these often cylindric, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Luzula bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:
Luzula bulbosa   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. bulbosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides bulbosum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2256

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry forests and fields, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (few) & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Shiny brown
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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