WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex baltzellii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baltzellii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex baltzellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex baltzellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex baltzellii
COMMON NAME:
Baltzell's Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex baltzellii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex baltzellii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex baltzellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex baltzellii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex baltzellii
4546
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Steepheads, beech-magnolia slopes, and mesic to dry-mesic hammocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia Coastal Plain
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring
Purplish
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring?
Nutlet
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