OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus echinatus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus echinatus

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

Cyperus echinatus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-035:

Cyperus ovularis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus ovularis

 

COMMON NAME:
Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus echinatus, Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyov_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus echinatus, Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm210709_2014

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

One of the few NC flatsedges to have round or globular flowering heads, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

image of Cyperus echinatus, Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm210709_2015

July    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus echinatus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-035:
Cyperus ovularis   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4300

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Sandy woodlands, forests, fields, thin soils on outcrops, sand and gravel bars, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Spikelets in globose heads

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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