Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex basiantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Southern Willdenow's Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex basiantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-040?:
Carex willdenowii FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex willdenovii
INCLUDED WITHIN -
Carex willdenowii var. megarrhyncha
COMMON NAME:
Southern Willdenow's Sedge, Widow Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex basiantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex basiantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-040?:
Carex willdenowii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex willdenovii
INCLUDED WITHIN
-
Carex willdenowii var. megarrhyncha
3550
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Mesic forests, bottomlands, and lower slopes, over calcareous rocks or sediments, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, 3-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescence usually a spike w staminate & pistillate flowers, staminate above
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
Nutlet
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