OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Eleocharis vivipara

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

Eleocharis vivipara

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-020:

Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Eleocharis vivipara

 

COMMON NAME:
Viviparous Spikerush


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image of Eleocharis vivipara, Viviparous Spikerush

Patrick D. McMillan    pdme_vivpara

Month Unknown        

Eleocharis has no leaves, per Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Eleocharis vivipara

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-020:
Eleocharis vivipara   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2431

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal Plain ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive
Nutlet

 

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