Bulbostylis
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Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 100 species of these clump-forming plants of dry grasslands and warm and tropical savannas worldwide. They have solid, rounded, grooved stems and long, thin basal leaves. They bear spikelets of flowers.
Selected species:
- Bulbostylis barbata - watergrass
- Bulbostylis capillaris - densetuft hairsedge
- Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge
- Bulbostylis curassavica - West Indian hairsedge
- Bulbostylis funckii - Funck's hairsedge
- Bulbostylis junciformis - Caribbean hairsedge
- Bulbostylis juncoides - rush hairsedge
- Bulbostylis pauciflora - fewflower hairsedge
- Bulbostylis schaffneri - Schaffner's hairsedge
- Bulbostylis stenophylla - sandy field hairsedge
- Bulbostylis vestita - tufted hairsedge
- Bulbostylis warei - Ware's hairsedge
