Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Warty Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-097:
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex verrucosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex glaucescens var. androgyna
COMMON NAME:
Warty Sedge
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JK Marlow jkm060423_066
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Terminal spike staminate, lateral spikes pistillate or androgynous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-097:
Carex verrucosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex verrucosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex glaucescens var. androgyna
2055
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in NC)
Look for it in pocosins, wet pinelands, pond cypress wetlands, domes, and stringers, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate; 3-7 lateral pistilate or androgynous
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!