3978

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Look for it on seepage slopes, in bogs, along stream margins, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals green to reddish-brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark red? Chestnut brown
Capsule

 

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

• Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p217

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncus trigonocarpus