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|accepted_name=Bulbostylis capillaris
|accepted_authority=(Linnaeus) C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India
|place=6: 652. 1893
|year=1893
}}
|common_names=Bulbostyle capillaire
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Scirpus capillaris
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 49. 1753
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Bulbostylis capillaris var. crebra
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
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|name=Bulbostylis capillaris var. isopoda
|authority=Fernald
|rank=variety
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|name=Fimbristylis capillaris
|authority=(Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Isolepis brachyphylla
|authority=Steudel
|rank=species
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|name=Isolepis capillaris
|authority=Link
|rank=species
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|name=Isolepis radiciflora
|authority=Sprengel
|rank=species
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|name=Scirpus brachyiphyllus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Britton
|rank=species
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|name=Scirpus muhlenbergii
|authority=
|rank=species
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|name=Stenophyllus capillaris
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Bulbostylis;Bulbostylis capillaris
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bulbostylis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bulbostylis capillaris]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 132, 135
|treatment_page=page 136
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, cespitose. <b>Culms</b> to 30 cm, bases soft. <b>Leaves</b> spreading to ascending, ¼–1/3 length of scapes; sheath borders tan, backs prominently ribbed, glabrous; blades filiform, 0.5 mm wide, involute, margins ciliate-scabrid, surface glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary or more commonly in simple, open, rarely compact, involucrate anthelae; scapes filiform (rarely with several spikelets sessile or subsessile at plant base), prominently ribbed, glabrous; proximalmost involucral bract cuspidate or setaceous bladed, exceeding or exceeded by inflorescence. <b>Spikelets</b> red-brown, ovoid to lanceoloid, 3–5 mm; fertile scales ovate, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute, glabrous or distally puberulent, keel prominent, short-excurrent. <b>Flowers</b>: stamens (1–)2; anthers oblong-elliptic, 0.5–0.7 mm. <b>Achenes</b> yellowish to pale brown, trigonous-obovoid, 1 mm, faces rugose. <b>2n</b> = 84.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandy savanna, prairie, arenaceous outcrops, sandy or gravelly waste areas
|elevation=0–3000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;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.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p>A specimen of <i>Bulbostylis capillaris</i> collected by E. Hall (585) gives Oregon without a specific locality.</p><!--
--><p><i>Bulbostylis capillaris</i> is distributed over a broad range of physiographic types and occurs in many forms, the most distinctive of ours being var. crebra, which has, in addition to numerous longscaped anthelae, large numbers of spikelets at the plant base.</p>
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name=Bulbostylis capillaris
|authority=(Linnaeus) C. B. Clarke in J. D. Hooker
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Bulbostylis capillaris var. crebra;Bulbostylis capillaris var. isopoda;Fimbristylis capillaris;Isolepis brachyphylla;Isolepis capillaris;Isolepis radiciflora;Scirpus brachyiphyllus;Scirpus muhlenbergii;Stenophyllus capillaris
|basionyms=Scirpus capillaris
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall.
|habitat=Sandy savanna, prairie, arenaceous outcrops, sandy or gravelly waste areas
|elevation=0–3000 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;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.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India
|publication year=1893
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Bulbostylis
|species=Bulbostylis capillaris
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