Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex picta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex picta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex picta
COMMON NAME:
Painted Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_capi5_001_lvd
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, 1938)
Carex picta
2868
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Piedmont
Habitat: Dry to dry-mesic oak-hickory forests, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish
Purplish
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a spike (a single unisexual spike per stem)
FRUIT:
Nutlet
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