Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Angle-stem Beaksedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora caduca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-036:
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora caduca
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora patula
COMMON NAME:
Angle-stem Beaksedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora caduca
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-036:
Rhynchospora caduca
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora caduca
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora patula
4273
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
Look for it in tidal swamps, pine savannas and flatwoods, hardwood swamps, interdune ponds, acidic meadows and seeps, other wet areas, 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 & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafy ?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose, often with short scaly rhizomes
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish
Nutlet
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