OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus iria   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus iria

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

Cyperus iria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-020:

Cyperus iria   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus iria

 

COMMON NAME:
Rice-field Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus iria, Rice-field Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyir_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus iria, Rice-field Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_cyperus_iria_4515

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Bracts 3-4, 1-4mm wide. Peduncles to 6cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus iria, Rice-field Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_cyperus_iria_4515b

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

Spikes numerous in irregularly ascending, umbellate clusters, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus iria, Rice-field Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_cyperus_iria_4515c

September    Miami-Dade County    FL

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus iria   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-020:
Cyperus iria   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3964

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: marshes, ditches, disturbed wet areas, sandbars and gravelbars, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Old World

Common (uncommon in SC Mountains, rare in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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