Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex pigra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Lazy Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pigra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-077?:
Carex flaccosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex glaucodea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex flaccosperma var. pigra
COMMON NAME:
Lazy Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex pigra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pigra
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-077?:
Carex flaccosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex glaucodea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex flaccosperma var. pigra
265
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Look for it in moist forests, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-4 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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