OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)

Cyperus odoratus var. engelmannii

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

Cyperus odoratus

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

Cyperus engelmannii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus engelmannii

 

COMMON NAME:
Slender Sand Flatsedge, Engelmann's Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus engelmannii, Slender Sand Flatsedge, Engelmann's Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyen_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of Virginia (Weakley, Ludwig & Townsend, 2012)
Cyperus odoratus var. engelmannii

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-013?:
Cyperus engelmannii   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4027

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual?

Habitat: alluvial and other damp to wet soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet

 

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