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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus squarrosus var. squarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Awned Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus squarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cyperus aristatus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus inflexus
COMMON NAME:
Awned Flatsedge, Bearded Flatsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyin9_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cysq_003_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus squarrosus var. squarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus squarrosus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Cyperus aristatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus inflexus
3969
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Moist depressions and seepages on granitic and other rocks, drawdown riverbanks, swales, shores, coastal rock barrens, other moist disturbed sites, cracks in sidewalks and pavement, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA & SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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