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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



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Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-110:

Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Carex frankii

 

COMMON NAME:
Frank's Sedge


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image of Carex frankii, Frank's Sedge

Gill Newberry    gn06_carex_frankii

June        

Along the stem are 3-7 dense, greenish, cylindric, pistillate spikes , per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-110:
Carex frankii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex frankii

 

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1978

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Bottomland forests, other wet to moist forests and disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 3-5 lateral spikes pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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