Flora of North America species comparison

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Rhynchospora globularis var. saxicola
Photo is of parent taxon

stone mountain beaksedge
Habit 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.

Rhynchospora globularis var. saxicola
Phenology Fruiting spring–fall.
Habitat Depressions on and around sandy (usually granite) outcrops
Elevation 0–300 m (0–1000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AL; GA; SC
Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Rhynchospora > Rhynchospora globularis
Sibling taxa
R. globularis var. globularis, R. globularis var. pinetorum
Synonyms R. saxicola
Name authority (Small) Kükenthal: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 159. (1950)
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