Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex albolutescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The very similar Carex longii has been split off from C. albolutescens. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex albolutescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex albolutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex albolutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-033:
Carex albolutescens FAMILY Cyperaceae
COMMON NAME:
Greenish-white Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex albolutescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex albolutescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex albolutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex albolutescens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-033:
Carex albolutescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
3949
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Low fields, bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont, rare in SC Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (pistillate above)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlets yellowish to brownish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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