Blysmopsis rufa (Hudson) Oteng-Yeboah (Q3275)

present

native

1 reference

Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-NB

present

native

1 reference

Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.

CA-PE

present

native

1 reference

Catling, P.M., D.S. Erskine & R.B. MacLaren. 1985. The Plants of Prince Edward Island with new records, nomenclatural changes, and corrections and deletions. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch, Ottawa. Publication 1798. 272 pp.

CA-NS

present

native

1 reference

Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

CA-YT

present

native

1 reference

Cody, W.J., B.A. Bennett & P. Caswell. 2005. New records of vascular plants for the Yukon Territory VII. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119 (3): 417-436. http://www.ofnc.ca/cfn/119-3/Cody.pdf

CA-NT

present

native

1 reference

Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-NU

present

native

1 reference

Kotanen, P.M. 2005. List of the Vascular Plants of Akimiki Island, Nunavut Territory. www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pkota/akimiskiflora/akiplants.doc (consulted 2010-08) http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3pkota/akimiskiflora/akiplants.doc

CA-MB

Man.

1 reference

CA-NB

N.B.

1 reference

CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

1 reference

CA-NT

N.W.T.

1 reference

CA-NS

N.S.

1 reference

CA-NU

Nunavut

1 reference

CA-ON

Ont.

1 reference

CA-PE

P.E.I.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

CA-SK

Sask.

1 reference

CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

1 reference

Europe

1 reference

Asia

1 reference

parent taxon

Blysmopsis Oteng-Yeboah

1 reference

taxon habit

herb

1 reference

taxon habitat

salt

1 reference

brackish marshes

1 reference

freshwater peatlands

1 reference

coastal

1 reference

elevation

0–200 m

1 reference

special status

F

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taxon description fragment

Plants loosely cespitose.

1 reference

d0_s0

Rhizomes horizontal, slender, 1–3 mm thick.

1 reference

d0_s1

Culms (5–) 10–45 cm × 1–2 (–3) mm, glabrous.

1 reference

d0_s2

Leaves 1–3;

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d0_s3

ligules 0.3 mm;

1 reference

d0_s4

blades distichous, thickly crescentiform in cross-section, 2–12 (–18) cm × 1.5–4 mm, conspicuous midrib absent, apex blunt, glabrous.

1 reference

d0_s5

Inflorescences in loose spikes, 5–8;

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d0_s6

spikelets distichous, spreadingascending, 1–2 cm;

1 reference

d0_s7

bracts erect to oblique, leaflike or scalelike, 4–15 mm.

1 reference

d0_s8

Spikelets linear-lanceoid to subterete, 3–6 (–10) × 3–4.5 mm;

1 reference

d0_s9

floral scales deciduous, 3, tristichous, reddish-brown, oblong-lanceolate, 3–5 × 2–3 mm, apex acute, glossy;

1 reference

d0_s10

prophylls linear, subtending flower.

1 reference

d0_s11

Flowers: perianth bristles separating from achene when mature, white, 0.5–1.2 mm, apex antrorsely roughened or barbed;

1 reference

d0_s12

anthers linear, 2.5–3 mm;

1 reference

d0_s13

connective apices barely 0.1 mm, obtuse, smooth;

1 reference

d0_s14

Achenes yellowish-brown, narrowly ellipsoid, dorsiventrally compressed, 4–5 × 1–1.3 (–1.7) mm, base cuneate-stipelike, apex acute, beaked, smooth;

1 reference

d0_s16

2n = 40.

1 reference

d0_s18

morphology statement

whole organism

growth form

cespitose

loosely

1 reference

d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

plant

1 reference

d0_s0

leaf

1

3

1 reference

d0_s3

leaf ligule

0.3

1 reference

d0_s4

distichous

1 reference

d0_s5

atypical length

12

18

1 reference

d0_s5

2

12

1 reference

d0_s5

1.5

4

1 reference

d0_s5

blunt

1 reference

d0_s5

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s5

distichous

1 reference

d0_s7

1

2

1 reference

d0_s7

orientation

erect

1 reference

d0_s8

oblique

1 reference

d0_s8

leaflike

1 reference

d0_s8

scale-like

1 reference

d0_s8

4

15

1 reference

d0_s8

linear-lanceoid

subterete

1 reference

d0_s9

atypical length

6

10

1 reference

d0_s9

3

6

1 reference

d0_s9

3

4.5

1 reference

d0_s9

duration

deciduous

1 reference

d0_s10

3

1 reference

d0_s10

tristichous

1 reference

d0_s10

coloration

reddish-brown

1 reference

d0_s10

oblong-lanceolate

1 reference

d0_s10

3

5

1 reference

d0_s10

2

3

1 reference

d0_s10

acute

1 reference

d0_s10

reflectance

glossy

1 reference

d0_s10

fruit pappus bristle

separating

1 reference

d0_s12

relief

texture

roughened

antrorsely

1 reference

d0_s12

barbed

1 reference

d0_s12

inflorescence flower anther

course

linear

1 reference

d0_s13

inflorescence flower anther

2.5

3

1 reference

d0_s13

0.1

1 reference

d0_s14

obtuse

1 reference

d0_s14

relief

smooth

1 reference

d0_s14

inflorescence phyllaries base

cuneate-stipelike

1 reference

d0_s16

acute

1 reference

d0_s16

beaked

1 reference

d0_s16

relief

smooth

1 reference

d0_s16

seed embryo

turbinate

1 reference

d0_s18

chromosome

40

1 reference

d0_s18

stem rhizome

orientation

horizontal

1 reference

d0_s1

stem rhizome

size

slender

1 reference

d0_s1

stem rhizome

thickness

1

3

1 reference

d0_s1

atypical length

5

10

1 reference

d0_s2

10

45

1 reference

d0_s2

atypical width

2

3

1 reference

d0_s2

1

2

1 reference

d0_s2

glabrous

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence flower petal venation midrib

prominence

conspicuous

1 reference

d0_s5

inflorescence flower petal venation midrib

presence

absent

1 reference

d0_s5

inflorescence spike

fragility

loose

1 reference

d0_s6

inflorescence spike

5

8

1 reference

d0_s6

leaf prophyll

course

linear

1 reference

d0_s11

coloration

white

when mature

1 reference

d0_s12

0.5

1.2

1 reference

d0_s12

coloration

yellowish-brown

1 reference

d0_s16

ellipsoid

narrowly

1 reference

d0_s16

compressed

dorsiventrally

1 reference

d0_s16

4

5

1 reference

d0_s16

atypical width

1.3

1.7

1 reference

d0_s16

1

1.3

1 reference