3448

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in wet forests, swamps, riverbanks, especially around ponds, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal or alternate, 3-ranked

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-5 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlet

 

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

• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p155

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Carex lupuliformis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex lupuliformis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex lupulina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 030-17-121:
Carex lupuliformis   FAMILY Cyperaceae