OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus compressus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus compressus

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

Cyperus compressus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-022:

Cyperus compressus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus compressus

 

COMMON NAME:
Poorland Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus compressus, Poorland Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyco_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus compressus, Poorland Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyco_003_lvd

        

image of Cyperus compressus, Poorland Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_c_compressus_77325

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikes 1-6, in subglobose clusters. Peduncles to 10cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus compressus, Poorland Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_c_compressus_77325b

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikelets digitate or subdigitate, broadly linear to slightly tetragonal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus compressus, Poorland Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_c_compressus_77332

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Leaf blades 1-2mm wide. Bracts 2-5,1-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus compressus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-022:
Cyperus compressus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus compressus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3961

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual?

Habitat: Sandy fields, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple (basal leaves with sheaths and blades)
Basal & low alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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