OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cyperus erythrorhizos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Cyperus erythrorhizos

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-016:

Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus erythrorhizos

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus halei

 

COMMON NAME:
Redroot Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyer2_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyer2_005_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyha8_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

Gill Newberry    gn09_c_erythrorhizos

September        

Spikes numerous, congested, cylindrical. Central sessile, lateral rays unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus erythrorhizos

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus erythrorhizos

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-016:
Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus erythrorhizos

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus halei

 

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2259

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: marshes, ditches, shores, mud flats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA Mountains (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream
Nutlet

 

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