OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex verrucosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-097:

Carex verrucosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex verrucosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Carex glaucescens var. androgyna

 

COMMON NAME:
Warty Sedge


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image of Carex verrucosa, Warty Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm060423_066

April    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Carex verrucosa, Warty Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm060423_066b

April    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Terminal spike staminate, lateral spikes pistillate or androgynous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex verrucosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-097:
Carex verrucosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex verrucosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Carex glaucescens var. androgyna

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2055

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: pocosins, wet pinelands, pond cypress ponds, domes, and stringers, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate; 3-7 lateral pistilate or androgynous

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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