NameThatPlant.net: Carex striata var. striata

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Carex at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. striata FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094:

Carex walteriana FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Carex walteriana var. walteriana

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

Carex walteriana

COMMON NAME:
Walter’s Sedge, Pocosin Sedge

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image of Carex striata var. striata, Walter’s Sedge, Pocosin Sedge

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April Lowndes County GA

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April Lowndes County GA

Forming large clonal colonies by rhizomes, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex striata var. striata FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-094:
Carex walteriana FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex walteriana var. walteriana

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

4009

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: pocosins, limesink ponds, small depression ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, acid peaty swamps, wet savannas (dominated by Pinus serotina and/or Taxodium ascendens), per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes long, scaly; plants forming large clonal colonies

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

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 1-2 pistillate)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Nutlet

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p419

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