NameThatPlant.net: Rhynchospora gracilenta

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Its elongate, tapering, seed beak (1.5-2mm long) is distinctive. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-022:

Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Slender Beaksedge

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-022:
Rhynchospora gracilenta FAMILY Cyperaceae

4466

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, bogs, seeps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate, mostly 3-ranked, culms leafy ?

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

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