Fuirena breviseta

(Coville) Coville

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 466. 1901.

Illustrated
Basionym: Fuirena squarrosa var. breviseta Coville Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 6, plate 98, fig. 6. 1890
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Mentioned on page 35.

Herbs perennial, cespitose, 20–50(–100) cm; rhizomes scaly; offshoots cormose. Culms tufted or close together, erect to leaning, smooth except in inflorescence. Leaves: proximal sheaths hispid-hirsute, median smooth, distal progressively shorter, smoother; principal blades toward midculm, linear to lance-linear, flat, 5–15 cm, smooth to sparsely strigose or puberulent, margins proximally or entirely spreading, hispid-ciliate. Inflorescences in clusters of terminal spikelets or from 1–2(–3) penultimate nodes, proximalmost involucral bract exceeding peduncle and cluster, distalmost shorter. Spikelets ovoid to cylindric, 10–15(–20) mm; fertile scales 3–3.5 mm; cusp excurved, length of scale; median ribs 3, strong. Flowers: perianth bristles incurved, mostly shorter than perianth stipe, mostly smooth; perianth blades short-oblong, ± equal to stipes, apex acute, strongly incurved, thickened distally, sometimes apiculate; anthers 3, 1–1.3 mm. Achenes: body trigonous, angles wirelike, faces lustrous brown or red-brown, 1 mm; beak linear, hispidulous at dilated tip. 2n = 46.


Phenology: Fruiting summer–fall.
Habitat: Inner edges of brackish marsh, bogs, wet flatwoods and savannas, ditches
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va., West Indies (Cuba).

Discussion

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Robert Kral +
(Coville) Coville +
Fuirena squarrosa var. breviseta +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and West Indies (Cuba). +
0–200 m +
Inner edges of brackish marsh, bogs, wet flatwoods and savannas, ditches +
Fruiting summer–fall. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
W1 +  and Illustrated +
Vaginaria +
Fuirena breviseta +
species +