WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex austrina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex austrina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex austrina
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex austrina
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex muhlenbergii var. australis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex muhlenbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH --
Carex muhlenbergii var. austrina
COMMON NAME:
Southern Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caau6_001_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex austrina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex austrina
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex austrina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex austrina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex muhlenbergii var. australis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex muhlenbergii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
--
Carex muhlenbergii var. austrina
5012
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry calcareous prairies, meadows, and forests, also roadsides, apparently introduced eastwards with hay and/or seed mixes used for erosion control, per Weakley's Flora
Native to south central US
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring?
Nutlet
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