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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex manhartii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex manhartii

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

Carex manhartii

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-070?:

Carex purpurifera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex purpurifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge


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image of Carex manhartii, Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2929

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Mature leaf blades of sterile shoots 4-5 (-6) mm wide, green, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Carex manhartii, Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2930

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Basal sheaths reddish purple, lustrous; sheaths 5-40 mm; blades green, midrib well developed, per Flora of North America.

image of Carex manhartii, Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2934

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

The leaflike bract of terminal female spike exceeds male spike (vs. shorter in C. purpurifera), per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Carex manhartii, Blue Ridge Purple Sedge, Manhart's Sedge

JK Marlow    jkm230428_2935

April    Greenville County    SC

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

The basal part of the plant is red-purple, as in relatives C. gracilescens and C. purpurifera, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex manhartii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-070?:
Carex purpurifera   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex purpurifera

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4437

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: cove forests and montane oak-hickory forests, mostly at medium to fairly high elevations, especially over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite) and calcareous rocks (such as marble), but occurring on more acidic substrates as well, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 2-4 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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