WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex pellita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pellita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex pellita
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex pellita
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Carex lasiocarpa var. latifolia
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cala30_001_pvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cape42_001_pvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_093
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex pellita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pellita
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex pellita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex pellita
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Carex lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Carex lasiocarpa var. latifolia
4822
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: calcareous fens, wet meadows, depression swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Nutlet
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