WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex kraliana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex kraliana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex kraliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Carex kraliana
COMMON NAME:
Kral's Sedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Carex kraliana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex kraliana
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Carex kraliana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Carex kraliana
4744
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Mesic forests, slightly acidic to circumneutral, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring?
Nutlet
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