OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Carex debilis var. debilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex debilis var. debilis

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

Carex debilis var. debilis

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) 030-17-084a:

Carex debilis var. debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex debilis

 

COMMON NAME:
White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge


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image of Carex debilis, White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_debilis_2

April    Catawba County    NC

image of Carex debilis, White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_debilis_3

April    Catawba County    NC

Perigynia broadest below middle, tapering to a conspicuous beak, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Carex debilis, White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm220503_7504

May    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Carex debilis, White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3263

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Carex debilis, White-edge Sedge, Weak Sedge

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_carex_debilis_1

May    Catawba County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex debilis var. debilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. debilis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. debilis

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) 030-17-084a:
Carex debilis var. debilis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2271

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: swamps, bogs, other moist to wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC, rare in NC Mountains)

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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:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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