Scleria ciliata var. glabra

(Chapman) Fairey

Castanea 32: 48. 1967.

Illustrated
Basionym: Scleria pauciflora var. glabra Chapman Fl. South. U.S., 532. 1860
Synonyms: Scleria brittonii Core
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23.

Culms slender, glabrous. Leaves short, 2 mm wide, glabrous. Bracts glabrous. Staminate spikelets many flowered, clusters more than 1 cm. Tubercles entire or 2-lobed. Achenes 2–3 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Wet to dry sandy soil of thickets, pinelands, and disturbed areas
Elevation: 0–300 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., West Indies (Cuba)

Discussion

Scleria ciliata var. glabra is restricted to the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains; it grows primarily on the outer Coastal Plain.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

brownish gray +, often +  and whitish +
reticulate +, verrucose +, tuberculate +  and smooth +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
papillate +, verrucose +  and tuberculate +
umbonate +
A. A. Reznicek +, John E. Fairey III +  and Alan T. Whittemore +
(Chapman) Fairey +
persistent +  and deciduous +
trigonous +
constricted +
Scleria pauciflora var. glabra +
glabrous +  and ciliate +
obtuse +  and keeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
3-angled +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
subrotund +  and triangular +
wiry +  and unbranched +
erect +  and ascending +
glabrous +  and ciliate +
awl--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
filiform +
slender +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and West Indies (Cuba) +
0–300 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet to dry sandy soil of thickets, pinelands, and disturbed areas +
prominent +  and rudimentary +
enlarged +  and slender +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
conspicuous +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting spring–fall. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
knotted +  and elongate +
adventitious +
pistillate +  and staminate +
basal +  and proximal +
ovate-acuminate;lanceolate +
membranous +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
flowered +  and staminate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
2-3-fid +
Scleria brittonii +
Scleria ciliata var. glabra +
Scleria ciliata +
variety +
pulverulent +
2-lobed +  and entire +
not +  and rhizomatous +