Key to Calliscirpus
View taxon page for Calliscirpus
(For a list of species in Calliscirpus, use the above link.)
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1. Flower
bracts 0.6–1.3 mm wide;
ligule 
1. In Asteraceae, the 5-lobed, strap- or fan-shaped outer portion of the corolla of a ligulate flower. 2. In most Poaceae and some other grass-like plants, an appendage at the adaxial junction of leaf sheath and blade, generally membranous, sometimes formed of hairs. 3. In Isoetes and, more obscurely, in Selaginella, a membrane that wholly or partially covers a sporangium.
hairs 0.05–0.2 mm (ligule sometimes appearing subentire);
perianth bristles with short sparse barbs
..... C. brachythrix 1' Flower bracts 1.2–2.0 mm wide; ligule hairs 0.25–0.6 mm; perianth bristles with long
dense barbs
..... C. criniger
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