OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex leptalea +   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-039:

Carex leptalea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex leptalea

 

COMMON NAME:
Harper’s Sedge, Bristly-stalk Sedge


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

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex leptalea +   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-039:
Carex leptalea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex leptalea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2266

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Look for it in bogs, seeps, usually in saturated conditions with Sphagnum spp (var. harperi found also in blackwater bottomlands), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

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

Inflorescence a solitary spike w staminate & pistillate flowers, staminate above

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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