Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2268

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Distribution & abundance in our area needing additional herbarium investigation

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-3 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Carex grisea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Carex grisea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 030-17-076:
 Carex grisea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 inflated narrow-leaf sedge

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image of Carex grisea, inflated narrow-leaf sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cagr24_001_lvd