Fuirena simplex var. simplex
Illustrated
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
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.
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trigonous-rhomboid +
basifixed +
1;3 +
hairy +
acute +
persistent +
papillose +
narrow +
absent +
reduced +
1;many +
2;3 +
scabridulous +
cormose +
cormlike +
long +
3-5-angled +
hispid-hirsute +
basal +
abundant +
2mm;3mm +
single +
bisexual +
Sands, clays, peats, gravels, often over limestones, in interdunal swales, seeps, low open woods, savannas and prairies, often along stream terraces +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
proximal +
glabrous +
polystichous +
hairy +
tubular +
scarious +
hispid-ciliate +
fused +
barbellate +
falling +
absent +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
Eclog. Amer. +
1798 +
absent +
slender +
short to long +
convergent +
central +
evident +
3;5;7 +
adventitious +
fibrous +
arranged +
20;50 +
fertile +
oblong;obovate +
shorter +
inner +
closed +
tubular +
Illustrated +
single +
15mm;20mm +
lance-cylindric;lanceovoid;lance-cylindric;lanceovoid;ovoid +
distinct +
long-exserted +
papillate +
articulate +
undivided +
distal +
3-fid +
Fuirena simplex var. simplex +
Fuirena simplex +
variety +
free +
thin +
perennial +
pubescent +
5;100 +