OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex microrhyncha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex umbellata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex microrhyncha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042:

Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Carex umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Carex abdita

 

COMMON NAME:
Parasol Sedge


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image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_caum4_001_lvd

        

image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm080330_005

March    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

The C. tonsa / C. rugosperma / C. umbellata group needs critical study, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm080330_009

March    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

JK Marlow    s080330_a

March    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Leaf blades 10-20cm long, 1-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

JK Marlow    s080330_a2

March    Anderson County    SC

Clemson Forest

Culms [flowering stems] 1.5-10cm tall, hidden among the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Carex umbellata, Parasol Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm090425_051

April    Pickens County    SC

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex microrhyncha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex umbellata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex microrhyncha

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex umbellata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042:
Carex umbellata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex umbellata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex abdita

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2656

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: limestone barrens, other barrens and glades, old fields, mowed areas, other open habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains) (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet

 

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