OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis geniculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis geniculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Eleocharis geniculata

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

Eleocharis geniculata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-008:

Eleocharis caribaea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Eleocharis caribaea

 

COMMON NAME:
Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush


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image of Eleocharis geniculata, Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush

Keith Bradley    kab_e_geniculata_74805

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Culms producing at least some fertile spikelets, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Eleocharis geniculata, Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush

Keith Bradley    kab_e_geniculata_74815

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikes ovoid to subglobose; achene body 0.7-1.0 mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Eleocharis geniculata, Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush

Keith Bradley    kab_e_geniculata_74820

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Plants tufted, without creeping rhizomes, per Flora of North America.

image of Eleocharis geniculata, Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush

Keith Bradley    kab_e_geniculata_74820b

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spike abruptly expanded from the culm, > 2x thick as culm immediately below, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Eleocharis geniculata, Canada spikesedge, Bent spikerush

Keith Bradley    kab_e_geniculata_74820c

June    Miami-Dade County    FL

Eleocharis has no leaves, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis geniculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis geniculata   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Eleocharis geniculata

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-008:
Eleocharis caribaea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis caribaea

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3943

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: marshes, moist disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], without creeping rhizomes

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Perianth bristles red-brown
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achenes brown ripening to black
Nutlet

 

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