Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex rugosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Parachute Sedge appears in the field as a dense tuft of leaves with flowering stems that may be rather hidden within (varying to nearly as long as the leaves). It is closely related to C. tonsa and C. umbellata. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex rugosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042?:
Carex umbellata FAMILY Cyperaceae
COMMON NAME:
Parachute Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Carex rugosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex rugosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Carex tonsa var. rugosperma
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-042?:
Carex umbellata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
4850
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Old fields, shallow soils of rock outcrops, exposed forest margins, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Loosely or densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal spike staminate; 1-3 lateral spikes pistillate)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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