OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex elliottii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex elliottii

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

Carex elliottii

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

Carex elliottii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-115:

Carex elliottii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex elliottii

 

COMMON NAME:
Elliott’s Sedge


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image of Carex elliottii, Elliott’s Sedge

Alan S. Weakley    asw_957566792334137

May    Cumberland County    NC

Carvers Creek State Park

Inflated bladdery perigynia with sharp 2-pointed beaks are characteristic of section Vesicariae, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex elliottii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-115:
Carex elliottii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4788

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 terminal spikes staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Nutlet

 

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