Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex styloflexa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Bent Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex styloflexa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-066:
Carex styloflexa FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex styloflexa
COMMON NAME:
Bent Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cast9_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6989
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6990b
April Pickens County SC
Spikes scattered and densely flowered; perigynium beaks curved, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6992
April Pickens County SC
Basal sheaths brown, not purple or wine-red, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7881
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
The lowest spike exserted on a long, arching, peduncle, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7883
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Staminate spike prominent and exceeding the uppermost bract, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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JK Marlow jkm220517_7884
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex styloflexa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex styloflexa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-066:
Carex styloflexa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex styloflexa
2733
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: bogs, wet forests, acid stream swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
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