Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus subsquarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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A very small, tufted plant whose 1-3 spikes resemble tiny pine cones bunched together at the ends of slender stems. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lipocarpha micrantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus subsquarrosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Lipocarpha micrantha
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hemicarpha micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-11-001:
Hemicarpha micrantha FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hemicarpha micrantha
COMMON NAME:
Smallflower Halfchaff
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hemi5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_limi12_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus subsquarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lipocarpha micrantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus subsquarrosus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Lipocarpha micrantha
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hemicarpha micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-11-001:
Hemicarpha micrantha
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hemicarpha micrantha
4641
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Riverbank draw-down zones, other moist sandy areas, like seasonally flooded shores of artificial impoundments, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer
FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlets reddish or yellowish
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".