Rhynchospora globularis var. saxicola
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 159. 1950.
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rhynchospora saxicola Small Man. S.E. Fl., 185, 1503. 1933 (as Rynchospora)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23.
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Plants mostly (10–)20–40 cm. Culms stiff, slender. Spikelets broadly ovoid. Flowers: perianth bristles reaching at least to tubercle base, often slightly beyond tip. Fruit body distinctly transversely wavyrugose, with intervals of fine or coarse rectangular alveolae; tubercle depressedconic or patelliform, nearly covering apex of truncate summit of fruit body, apex apiculate.
Phenology: Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat: Depressions on and around sandy (usually granite) outcrops
Elevation: 0–300 m
Distribution
Ala., Ga., S.C.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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