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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex leptalea +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex leptalea +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-039:
Carex leptalea FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex leptalea
COMMON NAME:
Harper’s Sedge, Bristly-stalk Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex leptalea +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex leptalea +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-039:
Carex leptalea
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex leptalea
2266
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Look for it in bogs, seeps, usually in saturated conditions with Sphagnum spp (var. harperi found also in blackwater bottomlands), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescence a solitary spike w staminate & pistillate flowers, staminate above
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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