Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex albicans var. albicans
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Variety albicans can be separated from var. australis by the long rhizomes and rather clonal growth pattern of the latter (vs. cespitose in the former). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex albicans var. albicans
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Carex albicans
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-048:
Carex artitecta FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex nigro-marginata var. muhlenbergii
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex varia
COMMON NAME:
White-tinged Sedge, Architectural Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cava5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1696b
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230320_1761
March Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7091
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex albicans var. albicans
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex albicans var. albicans
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Carex albicans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-048:
Carex artitecta
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex nigro-marginata var. muhlenbergii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex varia
4279
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and clearings, per Weakley's Flora
Native
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Yellowish/Purplish
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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