Bulbostylis barbata

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Family:CYPERACEAE
Species:Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
Common Name:Old World Hairsedge; Water Grass
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Growth Habit:Herb
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Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Old World Hairsedge is an introduced annual member of the Sedge family (Cyperaceae). It occurs in the southern half of the state. Old World Hairsedge grows in gardens, in flower beds, along paths and roads, in cultivated fields, and in cemeteries. It is often weedy in sandy, disturbed soils in full sun. Old World Hairsedge is pantropical in distribution, occurring in parts of Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, and on Pacific Islands. Its native range is unclear. Old World Hairsedge is a cespitose (growing in dense clumps or tuffs), scapose annual growing 2-10 inches in height. The leaves are filiform and 2/3 the length of the scapes. Flowers are produced in dense terminal head-like clusters that are reddish-brown in color. The fruit is a sharply three-angled achene with reticulate faces. There is a small flattened tubercle at the apex of the achene. Achenes are pale brown to white in color. Old World Hairsedge is a minor weed pest of cultivated crops (especially rice) and horticultural plantings. It can be controlled by mulching around desired vegetation.--A. Diamond
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Status:Not Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyCYPERACEAE - Sedge family
Genus Bulbostylis
Species Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke - Old World Hairsedge; Water Grass

Citation

Citation Bulbostylis barbata (Rottbøll) C.B. Clarke, Fl. Brit. India [J.D. Hooker] 6(19): 651. 1893.
Basionym: Scirpus barbatus Rottb. 1772.
Type: INDIA: Kerala: Malabar,

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Bulbostylis fimbriata Bulbostylis fimbriata (Nees von Esenbeck) C. B. Clarke, in Urban, Symb. Antill. 2: 87. 1900.Oncostylis fimbriata Nees von Esenbeck 1842. 
Bulbostylis floridana Bulbostylis floridana (Britton) Fernald, Rhodora 40: 392. 1938.Stenophyllus floridanus Britton 1895. 
Fimbristylis barbata Fimbristylis barbata (Rottbøll) Bentham, Fl. Austral. 7: 321. 1878.Scirpus barbatus Rottbøll 1772. 
Isolepis barbata Isolepis barbata (Rottbøll) R. Brown, Prodr. 222. 1810.Scirpus barbatus Rottbøll 1772. 
Isolepis barbata var. capillaris Isolepis barbata (Rottbøll) R. Brown, var. capillaris Nees von Esenbeck, in Wight, Contr. Bot. India 109. 1834.  
Isolepis fimbriata Isolepis fimbriata (Nees von Esenbeck) Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 101. 1855.Oncostylis fimbriata Nees von Esenbeck 1842. 
Oncostylis fimbriata Oncostylis fimbriata Nees von Esenbeck, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(1): 88. 1842. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais:
Scirpus barbatus Scirpus barbatus Rottbøll, Descr. Pl. Rar. 27. 1772. INDIA: Kerala: Malabar,
Scirpus dussii Scirpus dussii Boeckeler, Beitr. Cyper. 2: 38. 1890. MARTINIQUE
Scirpus fimbriatus Scirpus fimbriatus (Nees von Esenbeck) Boeckeler, Linnaea 36: 749. 1870, non Poiret 1805.Oncostylis fimbriata Nees von Esenbeck 1842. 
Stenophyllus fimbriatus Stenophyllus fimbriatus (Nees von Esenbeck) Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 446. 1916.Oncostylis fimbriata Nees von Esenbeck 1842. 
Stenophyllus floridanus Stenophyllus floridanus Britton, in Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 161. 1895. FLORIDA
Stenophyllus barbatus Stenophyllus barbatus (Rottbøll) T. Cooke, Fl. Bombay 2: 887. 1908.Scirpus barbatus Rottbøll 1772. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Escambia, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Henry, Houston, Lee, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Russell, Tuscaloosa

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1957 - 1979

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
TROY000049288 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1420		 TROY
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottboell) Clarke
UWAL0049798 Autauga 19 Oct 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1420		 UWAL
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottboell) Clarke
AUA000041758 Baldwin 27 Aug 1925 WOLF, WOLFGANG
 AUA
BULBOSTYLIS BARBATA (ROTTB.) C. B. CLARKE
UWAL0044187 Baldwin 07 Aug 1993 Burkhalter, James R.
220		 UWAL
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
UWAL0042814 Baldwin 23 Aug 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
552		 UWAL
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
JSU109961 Baldwin 17 Sep 2000 Spaulding, Daniel D.
10862		 JSU
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottboell) Clarke
UWAL0044121 Baldwin 29 Sep 2011 Larsen, Harry S.
1776		 UWAL
Bulbostylis barbata C. B. Clarke
ALNHS00009295 Baldwin 06 NOV 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5024		 ALNHS
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) C.B. Clarke
TROY000010059 Barbour 16 Oct 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15979		 TROY
Bulbostylis barbata (Rottboell) Clarke
AUA000019955 Barbour 16 Oct 2005 DIAMOND, JR., ALVIN R.
15979		 AUA
BULBOSTYLIS BARBATA (ROTTB.) C. B. CLARKE
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