Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex pallescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Carex pallescens occurs in Unicoi County, TN, close to the NC line; should be looked for in NC. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pallescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex pallescens
COMMON NAME:
Pale Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_capa17_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex pallescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pallescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex pallescens
4506
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Grassy balds at high elevations, other grassy openings, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina?
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: terminal spike staminate (rarely gynecandrous, with fewer than 25% of the flowers pistillate)
FRUIT:
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".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".