OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cyperus odoratus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Cyperus odoratus

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-013:

Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Cyperus ferruginescens

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

Cyperus ferax

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

Cyperus longispicatus

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

Cyperus speciosus

 

COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyfe3_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyod_003_lvd

        

image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyod_004_lvd

        

image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cysp6_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_c_odoratus_75364

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Bottle-brush shaped spike clusters radiating from whorl of leaf-like bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus, Fragrant Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_c_odoratus_75364b

September    Collier County    FL

Big Cypress National Preserve

Bracts numerous, 3-7mm wide. Spikes numerous, congested, loosely cylindric, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus odoratus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus odoratus

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-013:
Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Cyperus ferruginescens

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3965

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual?

Habitat: Low fields, marshes, ditches, sandbars, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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