Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex annectens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Yellow-fruited Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex annectens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex vulpinoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-011:
Carex annectens FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex annectens
COMMON NAME:
Yellow-fruited Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caan6_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_annectens_242
April Catawba County NC
Perigynia golden yellow or yellowish-brown at maturity (not red-dotted), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_annectens_247
April Catawba County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_carex_annectens_250
April Catawba County NC
Leaf blades shorter than flowering stem, sheath fronts indistinctly spotted, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex annectens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex annectens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex vulpinoidea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-011:
Carex annectens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex annectens
2276
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: marshes, bottomland forests, drier forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)
FRUIT:
Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Nutlet
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