Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Redpod Rush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncus trigonocarpus
COMMON NAME:
Redpod Rush
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Keith Bradley kab_j_trigonocarpus_8086
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Capsule 3-angled, shiny dark red... [in terminal, open, branched clusters], per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Juncus trigonocarpus
3978
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Look for it on seepage slopes, in bogs, along stream margins, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals green to reddish-brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark red? Chestnut brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!