4062

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it in moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Green
Capsule

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Luzula acuminata var. acuminata   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula acuminata ssp. acuminata   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 040-02-001a:
Luzula acuminata var. acuminata   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Luzula acuminata var. acuminata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncoides saltuense