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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Globe Beaksedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-032:
Rhynchospora globularis FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora globularis
COMMON NAME:
Globe Beaksedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora globularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Rhynchospora globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora globularis var. globularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-032:
Rhynchospora globularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora globularis
3682
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy or peaty depressions, wet ditches, powerline corridors, pine savannas, inland in acidic seeps and flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafiest at base
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlets reddish or yellowish
Nutlet
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