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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-032:
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora globularis
COMMON NAME:
Globe Beaksedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-032:
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora globularis
3682
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains (& GA Pdmt)
Habitat: Sandy or peaty depressions, wet ditches, powerline corridors, pine savannas, inland in acidic seeps and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafiest at base
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlets reddish or yellowish
Nutlet
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