2868

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Dioecious

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Piedmont

Look for it in dry to dry-mesic oak-hickory forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Variable ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal or alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish
Purplish
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a spike

FRUIT:
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p210

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex picta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex picta   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Carex picta