Bulbostylis is a genus of plants in the sedge family. They are sometimes called hairsedges. There are over 200 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 bathiei

• Bulbostylis boeckleriana

• Bulbostylis burbidgeae

• Bulbostylis cangae

• Bulbostylis capillaris - densetuft hairsedge

• Bulbostylis ciliatifolia - capillary hairsedge

• Bulbostylis cioniana (Savi) Lye

• Bulbostylis coleotricha

• Bulbostylis curassavica - West Indian hairsedge

• Bulbostylis eleocharoides

• Bulbostylis fasciculata

• Bulbostylis fluviatilis

• Bulbostylis funckii - Funck's hairsedge

• Bulbostylis haitiensis

• Bulbostylis hispidula

• Bulbostylis junciformis - Caribbean hairsedge

• Bulbostylis juncoides - rush hairsedge

• Bulbostylis lichtensteiniana - tussock sedge

• Bulbostylis neglecta - neglected tuftsedge

• Bulbostylis pauciflora - fewflower hairsedge

• Bulbostylis schaffneri - Schaffner's hairsedge

• Bulbostylis stenophylla - sandy field hairsedge

• Bulbostylis turbinata

• Bulbostylis vestita - tufted hairsedge

• Bulbostylis warei - Ware's hairsedge

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment