OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex flexuosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Carex debilis var. rudgei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex debilis var. rudgei

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) 030-17-084c:

Carex debilis var. rudgei   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex flexuosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Flexuous White-edge Sedge, Rudge’s White-edge Sedge


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image of Carex flexuosa, Flexuous White-edge Sedge, Rudge’s White-edge Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cafl20_001_pvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex flexuosa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Carex debilis var. rudgei

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. rudgei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. rudgei

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) 030-17-084c:
Carex debilis var. rudgei   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4461

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to moist upland forests, openings, grassy balds, granitic domes, rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC

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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

 

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