Phyllospadix scouleri
Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 171. 1838.
Common names: Scouler’s surf-grass
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
Revision as of 01:26, 27 July 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Herbs; nodes with 2 rows of 3–5 roots. Leaves: sheath 4–35 cm, margins not overlapping; blade to 2 m × 1–4 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to truncate or rarely slightly notched; veins 3. Generative shoots 0.2–11 cm, nodes 1–2, proximal node when present with 1 leaf, sterile, distal node with 1 leaf and 1(–2) spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 11–60 × 1–2 mm; staminate bract 4–5.5 × 2–3 mm; pistillate bract 4–8 × 1.5–3 mm, base not narrowed, apex truncate to acute. Fruits 4–5 × 5.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering and fruiting late spring and summer.
Habitat: Intertidal and upper part of sublittoral
Elevation: -2 m
Distribution
B.C., Alaska, Calif., Oreg., Wash., Mexico (in Baja California).
Discussion
Selected References
Lower Taxa
None.