NameThatPlant.net: Bulbostylis barbata

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Old World Hairsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-005:

Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Old World Hairsedge, Water-grass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-06-005:
Bulbostylis barbata FAMILY Cyperaceae

3916

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Sandy fields, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Old World tropics

Common in GA & SC Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains & NC Piedmont)(uncommon elsewhere)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Scales reddish-purple with green keel
Spikelets sessile
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Spikelets in a dense solitary terminal cluster

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

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