Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex barrattii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex barrattii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex barrattii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex barrattii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-099:
Carex barrattii FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex barrattii
COMMON NAME:
Barratt's Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_caba9_001_pvd
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3898
May Harnett County NC
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The male spike is elongate and relatively thick, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3908
May Harnett County NC
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Female scales black or very dark brown with pale green midrib, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3910
May Harnett County NC
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Glaucous or glaucescent culms and leaves, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3911
May Harnett County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3931
May Harnett County NC
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3938
May Harnett County NC
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Some roots have a yellow-brown felty covering, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
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Alicia Jackson agj_050825_3940
May Harnett County NC
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex barrattii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex barrattii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex barrattii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex barrattii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-099:
Carex barrattii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex barrattii
5019
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Peaty bogs and marshes, especially in depression ponds, depression swamps, and sinkhole ponds, but also in seepage, such as Piedmont boggy streamheads, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Mountains & NC Coastal Plain, but not recently seen)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? Alternate, 3-ranked?
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes elongate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Nutlet
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