Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex flexuosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Closely related to Carex debilis and C. allegheniensis. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Carex allegheniensis and C. flexuosa are often treated as varieties of C. debilis, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084c:
Carex debilis var. rudgei FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex flexuosa
COMMON NAME:
Flexuous White-edge Sedge, Rudge’s White-edge Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cafl20_001_pvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex flexuosa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex debilis var. rudgei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex debilis var. rudgei
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Carex debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-084c:
Carex debilis var. rudgei
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex flexuosa
4461
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Dry to moist upland forests, openings, grassy balds, granitic domes, rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Mountains, uncommon in Mountains of GA & SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inf: spikes (terminal staminate or occ. gynecandrous; 2-5 lateral pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
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