Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Carex elliottii can be distinguished by its cespitose habitat (rhizomes lacking or short) compared to C. louisianica and C. bullata which are long rhizomatous. Read more in Weakley's Flora.
Members of the section Vesicariae have inflated bladdery perigynia that fit very loosely around the achene (seed), and which have sharp, 2-pointed beaks. Carex elliottii has the smallest perigynia of the group and the shortest beaks. Thus it does not stand out in the field. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-115:
Carex elliottii FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex elliottii
COMMON NAME:
Elliott’s Sedge
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Alan S. Weakley asw_957566792334137
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Inflated bladdery perigynia with sharp 2-pointed beaks are characteristic of section Vesicariae, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-115:
Carex elliottii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex elliottii
4788
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 terminal spikes staminate; 1-2 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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