OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga gracillima   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

Cyperus brevifolioides

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

Kyllinga gracillima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Kyllinga gracillima

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Cyperaceae in the southeastern United States (Tucker, 1987)

Kyllinga brevifolioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-042X:

Cyperus brevifolioides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Cyperus brevifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Asiatic Greenhead Sedge, Pasture Flatsedge


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga gracillima   FAMILY Cyperaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Kyllinga gracillima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Kyllinga gracillima

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genera of Cyperaceae in the southeastern United States (Tucker, 1987)
Kyllinga brevifolioides

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-042X:
Cyperus brevifolioides   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cyperus brevifolius

 

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4666

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: River sand bars, tidal marshes, tidal shores, moist soils of pastures and ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia, apparently

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Heads pale green
Bracts 3-4, to 20cm (-30) long
2-3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences unbranched (the spikes sessile)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Spikelet with one nutlet enclosed by two scales

 

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