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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
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Read more about Redpod Rush at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus trigonocarpus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Juncus trigonocarpus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus FAMILY Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus trigonocarpus
COMMON NAME:
Redpod Rush
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Keith Bradley kab_j_trigonocarpus_8086
October Chesterfield County SC
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Capsule 3-angled, shiny dark red... [in terminal, open, branched clusters], per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Juncus trigonocarpus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Juncus trigonocarpus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 040-01-017:
Juncus trigonocarpus
FAMILY
Juncaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Juncus trigonocarpus
3978
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: seepage slopes, bogs, along stream margins, ditches in acid, sandy landscapes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Georgia Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal (0-1) & alternate (2-3)
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Tepals green to reddish-brown
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals in two whorls of 3
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescence appears terminal, its bract not resembling a continuation of culm
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark red? Chestnut brown
Capsule
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