OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus virens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus virens

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

Cyperus virens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-028:

Cyperus virens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus virens

 

COMMON NAME:
Green Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus virens, Green Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_cyperus_virens_7959

October    Richland County    SC

Leaf blades and inflorescence bracts with conspicuous crossveins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Cyperus virens, Green Flatsedge

Keith Bradley    kab_cyperus_virens_7972

October    Richland County    SC

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

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus virens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-028:
Cyperus virens   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus virens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3967

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes and ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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