Bulbostylis hispidula subsp. hispidula

Bulbostylis hispidula subsp. hispidula

Native to:
Angola | Belize | Benin | Bolivia | Botswana | Brazil | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Chad | Colombia | Congo | DR Congo | Eritrea | Eswatini | Ethiopia | French Guiana | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Guyana | Jawa | Kenya | Lesser Sunda Is. | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mexico | Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest | Mozambique | Namibia | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Philippines | Senegal | Seychelles | Socotra | Somalia | South Africa | Sri Lanka | Sudan-South Sudan | Suriname | Tanzania | Togo | Transcaucasus | Türkiye | Uganda | Venezuela | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Taxonomy

Division:
Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:
Cyperaceae
Genus:
Bulbostylis
Species:
Bulbostylis hispidula subsp. hispidula

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:
Forb/herb
Height:
25 cm
Drought Tolerance:
High
Bloom Months:
jun,jul,aug,sep

Garden & Ecology Notes

Deer Resistant:
Yes
Fire Ecology:
Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
Fire Notes:
Common in fire-maintained longleaf pine ecosystems and sandhills, persisting through frequent low-intensity fires typical of these habitats.

Source: Claude claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Batch