 Inflorescence © T. M. Jones 2006 |
 Scarlet form - inflorescence © T. M. Jones 2004 |
 Scarlet form © T. M. Jones 2004 |
Inflorescence © T. M. Jones 2006 |
Scarlet form - inflorescence © T. M. Jones 2004 |
Scarlet form © T. M. Jones 2004 |
- range by political unit
- GBIF data
- known populations
| Fruiting period | June to August |
| Culm height | 20 - 80 cm. |
| Leaf | 3 - 5 mm wide. |
| Terminal spike | androgynous |
| Lateral spike | androgynous to androgynecandrous to pistillate. |
| Perigynium | planoconvex in cross section. |
| Achene | biconvex in cross section. |
| Style | deciduous. |
Seasonally wet to dry areas. Meadows, sand barrens.
Leaves usually shorter than culms; usually a
condensed paniculate inflorescence.
Carex annectens (E. P. Bicknell) E. P. Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club.
35: 492. 1908.
Facultative Wetland, Facultative Wetland +
Carex xanthocarpa E. P. Bicknell [not Degland 1807]
var. annectens E. P. Bicknell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23:
23. 1896; C. annectens var. ambigua (Barratt ex Boott)
Gleason; C. annectens var. xanthcarpa (Kükenthal)
Wiegand; C. bicknellii Camus 1910, not Britton
1896; C. brachyglossa Mackenzie; C. setacea Dewey
var. ambigua(Barratt ex Boott) Fernald
Yellow Fruited Sedge
Carex Interactive Identification Key
Flora Of North America treatment
Tennessee Vascular Plants Atlas
Cybersedge. Texas A&M University
Download Excel spreadsheet of GBIF data
Ball, P.W. and A.A. Reznicek. 2002. Carex
Pp. 254-572. Flora of North America, volume 23.
Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford.
Porter, P. B. National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands:
1988 National Summary. http://www.fws.gov/nwi/plants.htm.
Accessed primarily in 2006.
GBIF Data Portal www.gbif.org
Missouri Botanical Garden, 05 records;
University of Alabama Herbarium, 10 records;
University of Kansas Plant Collection, 10 records.
Accessed on Oct 30 2006.
© T. M. Jones 2006