Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Hedgehog Woodrush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-004:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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.
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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
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-02-004:
Luzula echinata
FAMILY
Juncaceae
874
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in forests, bogs, 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.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish/ Straw/ Brown
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
3 petals
6 stamens
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 p213
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p396
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p153