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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Clustered Beaksedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)

Rhynchospora glomerata var. glomerata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rhynchospora glomerata var. glomerata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-016:

Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rynchospora glomerata

COMMON NAME:
Clustered Beaksedge

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image of Rhynchospora glomerata, Clustered Beaksedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhgl3_001_pvd

JK Marlow jkm210706_1882

July Greenville County SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Spikelet clusters compact; bracteal leaves mostly exceeding subtended groups, per Flora of North America.

JK Marlow jkm210706_1883

July Greenville County SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaves 2.5-7mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

JK Marlow jkm210813_2800

August Greenville County SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Spikelets crowded, deep red brown, lance ellipsoid, per Flora of North America.

JK Marlow jkm210813_2803

August Greenville County SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Perianth bristles 6, overtopping tubercle, antrorsely barbellate, per Flora of North America.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora glomerata var. glomerata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhynchospora glomerata var. glomerata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-016:
Rhynchospora glomerata FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN & ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora glomerata

4463

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, acidic seeps inland, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafy ?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Nutlet

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