NameThatPlant.net: Carex gynandra

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Mountain Fringed Sedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

This is the most montane and northern element of the C. crinita complex, and the usual one encountered in the Mountains of our area, per Weakley's Flora (2022)

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103b:

Carex crinita var. gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Fringed Sedge, Nodding Sedge

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Carex gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-103b:
Carex crinita var. gynandra FAMILY Cyperaceae

2732

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: bogs, swamp forests, seepages, beaver wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, rare in Piedmont

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescences: spikes (1-3 staminate & 3-6 pistillate, drooping)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

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