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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pedunculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Carex pedunculata ssp. pedunculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
COMMON NAME:
Longstalk Sedge, Pedunculate Sedge
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JK Marlow jkm220419_6918
April Pickens County SC
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Leaves: basal sheaths dark reddish to purplish brown; blades mostly basal, dark green, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm220419_6919
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Leaf blades equaling or mostly exceeding culms, 1.4-4 mm wide, thick, margins smooth or scabrous, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm220419_6935
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
The lower spikes are female and occur at the ends of long, arching stalks up to 13cm long, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
JK Marlow jkm220419_6936
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Midrib of pistillate scales extending to an awn that may greatly exceed the tip of the perigynia, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex pedunculata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Carex pedunculata ssp. pedunculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex pedunculata var. pedunculata
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