| Habit |
Grass like,
wet places |
| Stem: |
Solid throughout,
3 angled in cross section |
| Leaves: |
3 ranked,
often from the base, sheathed, no ligule |
| Inflorescence: |
Spikelet |
| Flower: |
Hypogynous,
reduced, perfect or imperfect |
| Perianth: |
Reduced to
scale or bristles |
| Calyx: |
Ø |
| Corolla: |
Ø |
| Hypanthium: |
Ø |
| Androecium: |
Stamens 1-6,
usually 3 |
| Gynoecium: |
Syncarpous,
2-3 |
| Ovary position: |
Superior,
surrounded by a periginium in Carex |
| Stigma: |
|
| Style: |
2-3 |
| Fruit type: |
Various |
| Other: |
Sedge stems have edges,
rush stems are round, grass stems are hollow the world around. |
| Representatives: |
Carex
is the main genus, the true sedge. |
