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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhynchospora inexpansa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora inexpansa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-033:
Rhynchospora inexpansa FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora inexpansa
COMMON NAME:
Nodding Beaksedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_rhin4_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rhynchospora inexpansa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rhynchospora inexpansa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Rhynchospora (Cyperaceae) of South Carolina and the Eastern United States (McMillan, 2007)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Rhynchospora inexpansa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-13-033:
Rhynchospora inexpansa
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rynchospora inexpansa
4936
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, streamhead pocosins where frequently burned, usually in peaty situations, often weedy, colonizing disturbances, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikelets reddish-brown
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlets yellowish; tubercles whitish
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