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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis vivipara
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Viviparous Spikerush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis vivipara
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Eleocharis vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-020:
Eleocharis vivipara FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis vivipara
COMMON NAME:
Viviparous Spikerush
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Patrick D. McMillan pdme_vivpara
Month Unknown
Eleocharis has no leaves, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis vivipara
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis vivipara
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Eleocharis vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-020:
Eleocharis vivipara
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis vivipara
2431
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Coastal Plain ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive
Nutlet
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