OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



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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image of Cyperus subsquarrosus, Smallflower Halfchaff

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_hemi5_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus subsquarrosus, Smallflower Halfchaff

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4641

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Riverbank draw-down zones, other moist sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]

FLOWER:
Summer

FRUIT:
Summer
Nutlets reddish or yellowish

 

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