Rhynchospora stenophylla

Chapman

Fl. South. U.S., 525. 1860.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 221. Mentioned on page 201, 204, 220.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator:

Copyright:

Plants perennial, densely cespitose, 30–60(–90) cm; rhizomes forking, compact. Culms lax, leafy toward base, filiform, ± terete. Leaves ascending, exceeded by culm; blades filiform, to 0.5 mm, margins mostly involute, apex trigonous, tapering. Inflorescences mostly lax cymes or clusters of cymes, 1–2, sparse, turbinate, branches capillary; leafy bracts setaceous, exceeding proximal cymes, shorter than, equaling or slightly exceeding distal cymes. Spikelets redbrown, fusiformlanceoloid, 5 mm, apex acute; fertile scales lanceolate, 3.5–4.5 mm, apex acute or acuminate, midrib included or shortexcurrent. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, exceeding tubercle base, antrorsely barbellate, basally setose. Fruits 1 per spikelet, 2.8–3 mm; body pale brown, obovoidpyriform, tumidly lenticular, 1.5–1 × 1 mm; surfaces transversely wavyrugose, intervals vertically striate with narrow, raised alveolae; tubercle flat, narrowly triangular-subulate, (0.8–)1–1.5 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat: Sands and peats of bogs, seeps, pond shores, flatwoods, and savannas
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

V23 385-distribution-map.jpg

Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex.

Discussion

Rhynchospora stenophylla may occasionally be confused with the closely related R. rariflora but can be distinguished by its taller and wispier habit, its longer spikelets of narrower outline, and the distinctly longer fruit tubercle. Both species are usually found on wet substrates; R. stenophylla typically is found in the deepest bogs and sphagnous seeps.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Rhynchospora stenophylla"
Robert Kral +
Chapman +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Tex. +
0–200 m +
Sands and peats of bogs, seeps, pond shores, flatwoods, and savannas +
Fruiting spring–summer. +
Fl. South. U.S., +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Dichromena +  and Psilocarya +
Rhynchospora stenophylla +
Rhynchospora +
species +