OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-030:

Carex tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Blunt Broom Sedge


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image of Carex tribuloides, Blunt Broom Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_tribuloides_tribu_1

May    Iredell County    NC

Inflorescences straight and stiff, the lower spikes overlapping, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Carex tribuloides, Blunt Broom Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8966

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Carex tribuloides, Blunt Broom Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_c_tribuloides_tribu_2

July    Iredell County    NC

Spikes 6-15, overlapping or distinct, ovoid-oblong to globose, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-030:
Carex tribuloides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2262

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (pistillate above)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Nutlet

 

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