Fuirena simplex var. simplex

Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 36. Mentioned on page 37.

Herbs perennial, 2–10 m; rhizomes scaly, without cormlike buds, stout and short to long and slender. Culms tufted or in line on rhizome. Leaves: principal blades 5–20 cm, margins hispid-ciliate. Spikelets ovoid, lance-ovoid, or lance-cylindric, 8–15(–20) mm; fertile scales 2.5–3.5 mm. Flowers: anthers 3, 0.9–1.2 mm. 2n = 30.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Sands, clays, peats, gravels, often over limestones, in interdunal swales, seeps, low open woods, savannas and prairies, often along stream terraces
Elevation: 0–500 m

Distribution

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Ark., Kans., N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Mexico, West Indies (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico), Central America, n South America.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Robert Kral +
Ark. +, Kans. +, N.Mex. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Mexico +, West Indies (Cuba +, Dominican Republic +, Haiti +, Jamaica +, Puerto Rico) +, Central America +  and n South America. +
0–500 m +
Sands, clays, peats, gravels, often over limestones, in interdunal swales, seeps, low open woods, savannas and prairies, often along stream terraces +
Fruiting summer–fall. +
Eclog. Amer. +
Illustrated +
Fuirena cylindrica +, Fuirena obtusiflora +, Fuirena primiera +, Fuirena schiedeana +, Fuirena squarrosa var. macrostachya +  and Fuirena zacapana +
Fuirena simplex var. simplex +
Fuirena simplex +
variety +