OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis obtusa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Eleocharis obtusa

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

Eleocharis obtusa

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Eleocharis ovata

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-005:

Eleocharis obtusa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Eleocharis obtusa

 

COMMON NAME:
Blunt Spikerush


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Eleocharis obtusa, Blunt Spikerush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_elob2_001_lvd

        

image of Eleocharis obtusa, Blunt Spikerush

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_elob2_007_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis obtusa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eleocharis ovata

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-005:
Eleocharis obtusa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4282

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual (rarely perennial)

Habitat: Ditches, marshes, disturbed wet areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Scales reddish
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlets yellowish to brownish

 

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