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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

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

Juncus trigonocarpus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Juncus trigonocarpus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:

Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

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

Juncus trigonocarpus

 

COMMON NAME:
Redpod Rush


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image of Juncus trigonocarpus, Redpod Rush

Keith Bradley    kab_j_trigonocarpus_8086

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Capsule 3-angled, shiny dark red... [in terminal, open, branched clusters], per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus trigonocarpus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus   FAMILY Juncaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3978

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: seepage slopes, bogs, along stream margins, ditches in acid, sandy landscapes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Georgia Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals green to reddish-brown
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark red? Chestnut brown
Capsule

 

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