Phyllospadix torreyi

Illustrator: John Myers

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Herbs; nodes with 2 rows of 3–5 roots. Leaves: sheath 6.5–55 cm, margins overlapping; blade to 2 m × 0.5–1.5 mm, margins entire, apex notched to rounded or slightly apiculate; veins 3. Generative shoots 50–60 cm, nodes 4–6, proximal 2 nodes each with 1 leaf, sterile, distal 2–4 nodes each bearing 1 leaf and 1–5 spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 8–45 × 1–2 mm; staminate bract 2.5–4.3 × 2–2.7 mm; pistillate bract 3.5–6 × 1–1.5 mm, base distally narrowed, apex obtuse to acute. Fruits 2.8–3.2 × 2.9–3.5 mm.

Phenology: Flowering and fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Intertidal zone
Elevation: -15 m

Distribution

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B.C., Calif., Oreg., Mexico (Baja California).

Discussion

Selected References

Williams, S. L. 1995. Surfgrass (Phyllospadix torreyi) reproduction: Reproductive phenology, resource allocation, and staminate rarity. Ecology 76: 1953--1970.

Lower Taxa

None.