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Callisia graminea

grassleaf roseling
Habit Herbs, perennial, cespitose, erect to ascending.
Roots

glabrous to sparsely puberulent.
Stems

(4–)15–25(–40) cm.
Leaves

ascending;

basal leaf sheaths glabrous to pilose or puberulent;

blade linear, 4–17 × 0.1–0.5 mm (distal leaf blades much narrower than sheaths when sheaths opened, flattened).
Inflorescences

bracts often elongate, sometimes minute, 2–14 mm, if elongate ± herbaceous, if minute scarious.
Flowers

pedicellate;

pedicels (0.7–)1.2–2 cm;

petals pink to rose, 8–10 mm;

filaments bearded.
Capsules

2–3.5 mm.
Seeds

1.5–2 mm.
n

= 6, 12, 18.

Callisia graminea
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Sandy soil in pine-oak woods (especially longleaf pine and turkey oak) and pine barrens, often on sandhills, occasionally in thickets, old fields and roadsides
Distribution
from FNA
FL; GA; NC; SC; VA
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Discussion

I have not been able to confirm the record of this species from Maryland in M. L. Brown and R. G. Brown (1984).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 22.
Parent taxa Commelinaceae > Callisia
Sibling taxa
C. cordifolia, C. fragrans, C. micrantha, C. ornata, C. repens, C. rosea
Synonyms Cuthbertia graminea, Tradescantia rosea var. graminea
Name authority (Small) G. C. Tucker: Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 70:118. (1989)
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