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Hairy Fimbry

Fimbristylis puberula (Michx.) Vahl

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Plants perennial, mostly loosely cespitose, to 100 cm, bases swollen; rhizomes short, knotty, or scaly, slender, contorted. Culms sometimes solitary, narrowly linear, distally angular, glabrous. Leaves ascending, from 1/3 as long to equally as long as culms, glabrous to pubescent; sheaths apically ciliate; ligule essentially absent or (in rhizomatous individuals) present, complete or incomplete; blades narrowly linear, 1–2 mm wide, mostly strongly involute, scabrid-ciliate. Inflorescences: anthelae simple or compound, compact or diffuse, mostly broad, ascending-branching; scapes slender, wandlike, 1 mm thick; lower leafy involucral bracts exceeded by or exceeding panicle. Spikelets variously red-brown, broadly ovoid to lance-cylindric, 5–10 mm; fertile scales broadly ovate, obtuse or obtuse-angled, 2.5–3.5 mm, abaxially glabrous or variously puberulent, midrib excurrent as mucro. Flowers: stamens 3; styles 2-fid, flat, fimbriate. Achenes yellowish to dark brown, lenticular-obovoid, 1 mm, with 11–20 vertical lines of horizontally rectangular or isodiametric, distinct or indistinct pits. 2n = 20.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 129 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Scirpus puberulus Michaux, Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 31. 1803
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Flora of North America Vol. 23: 129 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Fimbristylis puberula

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Fimbristylis puberula, commonly called hairy fimbry,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is native to North America, where it has a widespread, but patchy, distribution.[2] The largest populations are in the Southeastern Coastal Plain and the eastern Great Plains.[3] Its natural habitat is in prairies, savannas, and glades. It can be found on both basic and acidic soil.[4]

It is a perennial that produces fruits in late spring and early summer. It has historically been confused with the similar-looking Fimbristylis caroliniana, which is restricted to coastal areas.[5]

Taxonomy

Two varieties are recognized. They are:[6]

  • F. puberula var. interior - Restricted to the southwestern U.S. and Great Plains
  • F. puberula var. puberula - Widespread in the central and eastern U.S., extending into Ontario, Canada

References

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Fimbristylis puberula". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Fimbristylis puberula". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  3. ^ Fimbristylis puberula Michigan Natural Features Inventory
  4. ^ Fimbristylis puberula var. puberula Flora of North America
  5. ^ Yatskievych, George (1999). Flora of Missouri, Volume 1. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 400.
  6. ^ Fimbristylis puberula Flora of North America
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Fimbristylis puberula: Brief Summary

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Fimbristylis puberula, commonly called hairy fimbry, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). It is native to North America, where it has a widespread, but patchy, distribution. The largest populations are in the Southeastern Coastal Plain and the eastern Great Plains. Its natural habitat is in prairies, savannas, and glades. It can be found on both basic and acidic soil.

It is a perennial that produces fruits in late spring and early summer. It has historically been confused with the similar-looking Fimbristylis caroliniana, which is restricted to coastal areas.

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