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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora gracilenta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Its elongate, tapering, seed beak (1.5-2mm long) is distinctive. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora gracilenta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora gracilenta
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-022:
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora gracilenta
COMMON NAME:
Slender Beaksedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rhgr_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora gracilenta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora gracilenta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora gracilenta
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-022:
Rhynchospora gracilenta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora gracilenta
4466
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, seeps, 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:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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