OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex retroflexa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Carex retroflexa

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

Carex retroflexa

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

Carex retroflexa

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. retroflexa

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

Carex retroflexa

 

COMMON NAME:
Reflexed Sedge


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image of Carex retroflexa, Reflexed Sedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_care9_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex retroflexa   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

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

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. retroflexa

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4293

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Dry to mesic forests, especially over base-rich substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA 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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