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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex flexuosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Closely related to Carex debilis and C. allegheniensis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084c:
Carex debilis var. rudgei FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Flexuous White-edge Sedge, Rudge’s White-edge Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cafl20_001_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex flexuosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084c:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex flexuosa
4461
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry to moist upland forests, openings, grassy balds, granitic domes, rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inf: spikes (terminal staminate or occ. gynecandrous; 2-5 lateral pistillate)
FRUIT:
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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