Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex baileyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Bailey's Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baileyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-114:
Carex baileyi FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex baileyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Carex lurida var. gracilis
COMMON NAME:
Bailey's Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caba7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_caba7_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex baileyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baileyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-114:
Carex baileyi
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex baileyi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex lurida var. gracilis
2387
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: bogs, seeps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlet
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