Rhynchospora globularis var. saxicola

(Small) Kükenthal

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 159. 1950.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rhynchospora saxicola Small Man. S.E. Fl., 185, 1503. 1933 (as Rynchospora)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23.
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Plants mostly (10–)20–40 cm. Culms stiff, slender. Spikelets broadly ovoid. Flowers: perianth bristles reaching at least to tubercle base, often slightly beyond tip. Fruit body distinctly transversely wavyrugose, with intervals of fine or coarse rectangular alveolae; tubercle depressedconic or patelliform, nearly covering apex of truncate summit of fruit body, apex apiculate.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Depressions on and around sandy (usually granite) outcrops
Elevation: 0–300 m

Discussion

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Lower Taxa

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Robert Kral +
(Small) Kükenthal +
Rhynchospora saxicola +
Ala. +, Ga. +  and S.C. +
0–300 m +
Depressions on and around sandy (usually granite) outcrops +
Fruiting spring–fall. +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Dichromena +  and Psilocarya +
Rhynchospora globularis var. saxicola +
Rhynchospora globularis +
variety +