Fimbristylis autumnalis

(Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes

in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 97. 1817.

Common names: Fimbristyle d’automme
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Scirpus autumnalis Linnaeus Mant. Pl. 2: 180. 1771
Synonyms: Fimbristylis autumnalis var. mucronulata (Michaux) Fernald Fimbristylis frankii Persoon Scirpus michauxii Michaux Scirpus mucronulatus T. Lestiboudois & Nees Trichelostylis geminata (Michaux) Torrey Trichelostylis mucronulata
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 130. Mentioned on page 122.

Plants annual, cespitose, 5–20(–30) cm, glabrous, plant base soft; rhizomes absent. Leaves distichous, shorter or longer than culms; sheaths keeled, entire or distally ciliate; ligule of short hairs complete; blades narrowly linear, 1–3 mm wide, flat, margin scabrid-ciliate. Inflorescence: anthelae compound, mostly diffuse, mostly turbinate, as broad as long, ascending-branching; scapes filiform to linear, distally variously compressed, sometimes alate, 0.5–1.5(–2) mm wide, edges scabrid; primary involucral bract usually 1, blade exceeding or exceeded by anthela. Spikelets red-brown or brown, mostly narrowly lanceoloid to narrowly ellipsoid, 3–7 mm; fertile scales lanceolate, keeled, 1.5–2 mm, narrowly acute, glabrous, midrib excurrent as mucro. Flowers: stamens (1–)2; styles 3-fid, slender, with 3angled base, glabrous. Achenes pale brown, trigonous-obovoid, 0.5–0.7 mm, apiculate and 3-ribbed, smooth to variably warty. 2n = 10.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall, all year southward.
Habitat: Moist to wet sands, peats, silts, or clays, primarily of disturbed, sunny ground such as seeps, ditches, savanna, stream banks, reservoir drawdowns, and pond shores
Elevation: 0–500(–1000) m

Distribution

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N.B., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Robert Kral +
(Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes +
Scirpus autumnalis +
Fimbristyle d’automme +
N.B. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–500(–1000) m +
Moist to wet sands, peats, silts, or clays, primarily of disturbed, sunny ground such as seeps, ditches, savanna, stream banks, reservoir drawdowns, and pond shores +
Fruiting summer–fall, all year southward. +
in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. +
W1 +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Fimbristylis autumnalis var. mucronulata +, Fimbristylis frankii +, Scirpus michauxii +, Scirpus mucronulatus +, Trichelostylis geminata +  and Trichelostylis mucronulata +
Fimbristylis autumnalis +
Fimbristylis +
species +