Bulbostylis capillaris
bulbostyle capillaire, densetuft hair-sedge, thread-leaf beakseed, tuft hair-sedge
to 30 cm, bases soft.
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.
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.
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.
stamens (1–)2;
anthers oblong-elliptic, 0.5–0.7 mm.
yellowish to pale brown, trigonous-obovoid, 1 mm, faces rugose.
= 84.
Bulbostylis capillaris
A specimen of Bulbostylis capillaris collected by E. Hall (585) gives Oregon without a specific locality.
Bulbostylis capillaris 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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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