Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex fraseriana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Even when not in bloom, the dark green and shiny evergreen leaves should catch your attention. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Carex fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:
Cymophyllus fraseri
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cymophyllus fraseri
COMMON NAME:
Fraser's Sedge, Lily-leaf Sedge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyfr_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140418_147
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Female flowers below the male, with a sac (perigynium) around the pistil, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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JK Marlow jkm140418_197
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cottony white flowers above a clump of strap-shaped leaves up to 2" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm160423_442443
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Culms compressed or terete, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_carex_fraseriana_5481
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain State Park
The broad, straplike leaf... is unique in Cyperaceae, per Flora of North America.
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Keith Bradley kab_carex_fraseriana_5503
May Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain State Park
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JK Marlow jkm111008_929
October Jackson County NC
Balsam Mountain Preserve
No midvein on the leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex fraseriana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cymophyllus fraserianus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Carex fraseri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-16-001:
Cymophyllus fraseri
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cymophyllus fraseri
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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mtns, extirpated in SC
Look for it in cove forests, mostly rather acidic and associated with Rhododendron maximum, at moderate elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout (plants in clumps)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perigynia white
Unisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p014
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p156
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p345
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p398
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p357
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p002