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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, 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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