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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex texensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex texensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex texensis

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

Carex texensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Carex texensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-005?:

Carex retroflexa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex retroflexa var. texensis

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

Carex texensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Texas Sedge


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image of Carex texensis, Texas Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cate7_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex texensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex texensis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex texensis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex texensis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-005?:
Carex retroflexa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

 

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4747

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Lawns, pastures, roadsides, usually weedy, especially in rocky or sandy soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & Piedmont of GA & SC, uncommon in Mtns & Pdmt of NC (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

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

Inflorescences: spikes w both staminate & pistillate flowers (staminate above)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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