Scleria georgiana

Core

Brittonia 1: 243. 1934.

Illustrated
Basionym: Scleria gracilis Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 557. 1824,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 245. Mentioned on page 243.

Plants perennial; rhizomes horizontal, nodulose. Culms sometimes in tufts, erect, slender, 30–50 cm, wiry, glabrous, trigonous, base somewhat swollen, brown. Leaves: sheaths purplish, wingless, weakly ribbed, glabrous or minutely hirsute; contra-ligules absent; blades linear or filiform, shorter than culms, resembling them, strongly keeled, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous or slightly scabrous on margins. Inflorescences terminal, 0.4–1 cm; fascicles 1, 4–10 mm wide, each with 1–5(–8) spikelets; bracts subtending inflorescence awl-shaped, 1–9(–11) cm, glabrous, appearing to be continuation of culm. Spikelets bisexual and staminate, 4–6(–7) mm; staminate scales lanceolate, membranous, pistillate scales ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Achenes dull white or often light to dark gray, trigonous, ovoid, usually ribbed with 3 ridges extending from base along angles to apex, 2–3 mm, glabrous, base trigonous, pointed, 6-porose with 2 yellowish, granulose pits on each somewhat concave side, apex mucronate; hypogynium obsolete, reduced to minute brownish ring distal to pointed base.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat: Wet, sandy, peaty soils in pinelands and savannas or moist, sandy waste areas, shallow standing water
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., West Indies (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica), Central America (Belize, Nicaragua).

Discussion

The illegitimate name Scleria gracilis Elliott has been used for S. georgiana.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Scleria georgiana"
A. A. Reznicek +, John E. Fairey III +  and Alan T. Whittemore +
Scleria gracilis +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, West Indies (Cuba +, Dominican Republic +, Jamaica) +, Central America (Belize +  and Nicaragua). +
0–100 m +
Wet, sandy, peaty soils in pinelands and savannas or moist, sandy waste areas, shallow standing water +
Fruiting spring–summer. +
Illustrated +
Scleria georgiana +
species +