Cuthbertia graminea Small. Common name: Grassleaf Roseling. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other dry woodlands. Distribution: Se. VA south through NC, SC, and GA to c. peninsula FL and e. FL Panhandle.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Cuthbertia graminea includes three morphologically distinguishable cytological races, occupying different (but partially overlapping) ranges (Giles 1942, Giles 1943, Tucker 1989). The predominant race is tetraploid, occupying the outer Coastal Plain of VA, NC, and SC, middle Coastal Plain of NC and SC, fall-line Sandhills of SC, and south into FL. The diploid race is endemic to the fall-line Sandhills of sc. NC and nc. SC, a distribution similar to those of Pyxidanthera brevifolia, Liatris cokeri, and Lycopus cokeri. Rare hexaploids have been found at scattered sites in SC and FL. The tetraploid race averages about 25% larger than the diploid in most vegetative and floral characters, and is reported to exhibit a greater ecological amplitude (Giles 1942, 1943).
Synonymy ⓘ: = S, S13, Va, Bergamo (2003); = Callisia graminea (Small) G.C.Tucker — FNA22, K4, WH3, Tucker (1989); = Tradescantia rosea Vent. var. graminea (Small) E.S.Anderson & Woodson — C, F, G, RAB. Basionym: Cuthbertia graminea Small 1903
Links to other floras: = Callisia graminea - FNA22
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of sandhills, sandy road banks and clearings, and other dry, sandy woodlands of the Coastal Plain.
Stems: Stems branched or freely forking, numerous, growing in a dense tuft, and smooth or nearly so.
Leaves: Leaves linear and grasslike, the base of the leaf enclosing the stem in a fringed and hairy, tubular sheath; to 9 in. long (often longer than stem) and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in terminal clusters of 3-15, 1-2 opening and withering each day, bright pink, about 3/4 in. wide, composed of 3 triangular-oval petals and 6 hairy pink stamens.
Fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.
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Height: 4-16 in.
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description: Erect perennial of sandhills, sandy road banks and clearings, and other dry, sandy woodlands of the Coastal Plain.
stems: Stems branched or freely forking, numerous, growing in a dense tuft, and smooth or nearly so.
leaves: Leaves linear and grasslike, the base of the leaf enclosing the stem in a fringed and hairy, tubular sheath; to 9 in. long (often longer than stem) and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in terminal clusters of 3-15, 1-2 opening and withering each day, bright pink, about 3/4 in. wide, composed of 3 triangular-oval petals and 6 hairy pink stamens.
fruits: Fruit a nearly round capsule.
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native range: southeastern United States
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