Phyllospadix torreyi
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 303. 1879.
Herbs; nodes with 2 rows of 3–5 roots. Leaves: sheath 6.5–55 cm, margins overlapping; blade to 2 m × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex notched to rounded or slightly apiculate; veins 3. Generative shoots 50–60 cm, nodes 4–6, proximal 2 nodes each with 1 leaf, sterile, distal 2–4 nodes each bearing 1 leaf and 1–5 spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 8–45 × 1–2 mm; staminate bract 2.5–4.3 × 2–2.7 mm; pistillate bract 3.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, base distally narrowed, apex obtuse to acute. Fruits 2.8–3.2 × 2.9–3.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Intertidal zone
Elevation: -15 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Oreg., Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
obtuse;acute +
narrowed +
toothed +
Torrey’s surf-grass +
straight +
woolly +
absent +
rudimentary +
unisexual +
drupaceous +
crescent--shaped +
lateral +
Present +
sessile +
alternate +
submersed +
scarious +
overlapping +
proximal +
distal +
1;5 +
sterile +
not spiraling +
free +
absent +
crescent--shaped +
Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences +
1879 +
3;5 +
ligulate +
circular +
auriculate +
open +
persisting +
longer +
pedunculate +
pistillate +
projecting +
Illustrated +
Phyllospadix torreyi +
Phyllospadix +
species +
absent +
perennial +
attached +