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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Luzula echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-004:
Luzula echinata FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides echinatum
COMMON NAME:
Hedgehog Woodrush, Spreading Woodrush
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JK Marlow jkm120310_210212
March Spartanburg County SC
Hairy basal leaves and flowering stems, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160326_122
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_126
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_129
March Laurens County SC
Flowers in dense clusters (glomerules); glomerules capitate to broadly ovoid, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160326_133
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160326_138
March Laurens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200310_3094
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm200310_3096b
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170401_409
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_411
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Luzula leaf blades flat & ciliate (vs. Juncus either flat or terete, glabrous), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7493
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9512
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9515
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Inflorescence branches divergent, at least some widely spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6583
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm240405_8384
April Spartanburg County SC
Pacolet River Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Luzula echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Luzula echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-004:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Luzula campestris var. echinata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncoides echinatum
874
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish/ Straw/ Brown
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Straw/Brown
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p213
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p387
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p396
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p153
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