Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex allegheniensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Allegheny Sedge is very similar to Carex flexuosa, but separated by puberulent perigynia (vs. glabrous in flexuosa). The recent re-alignment of the Carex debilis group will take some time to be accepted.... Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Carex allegheniensis and C. flexuosa are often treated as varieties of C. debilis, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. pubera
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. intercursa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. pubera
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084b:
Carex debilis var. pubera FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex allegheniensis
COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex allegheniensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. pubera
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. intercursa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. pubera
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084b:
Carex debilis var. pubera
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex allegheniensis
4460
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: swamps, bogs, streamhead pocosins, other moist to wet habitats, boggy pools in floodplains, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon in Carolina Piedmnt) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inf: spikes (terminal staminate or occ. gynecandrous; 2-5 lateral pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
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".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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