Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Luzula bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:
Luzula bulbosa FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides bulbosum
COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Woodrush
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_luzula_bulbosa_9015
March Catawba County NC
Rays of inflorescence stiffish, rarely not all erect or erect-ascending, per Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981).
Terry Holdsclaw tdh_luzula_bulbosa_5242
April Catawba County NC
Flowers borne in dense glomerate clusters (glomerules), these often cylindric, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Luzula bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-003:
Luzula bulbosa
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. bulbosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides bulbosum
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