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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis obtusa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Blunt Spikerush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis obtusa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis obtusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Eleocharis obtusa
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eleocharis ovata
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-005:
Eleocharis obtusa FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis obtusa
COMMON NAME:
Blunt Spikerush
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_elob2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_elob2_007_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eleocharis obtusa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eleocharis obtusa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Eleocharis obtusa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Eleocharis obtusa
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Eleocharis ovata
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-03-005:
Eleocharis obtusa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eleocharis obtusa
4282
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual (rarely perennial)
Habitat: Ditches, marshes, disturbed wet areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple - leaves consist of bladeless sheaths
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Scales reddish
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlets yellowish to brownish
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