Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cyperus hortensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga pumila
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 030-01-002:
Cyperus tenuifolius
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Kyllinga pumila
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cyperus tenuifolius
COMMON NAME:
Annual Greenhead Sedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_kypu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_kypu_002_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn09_c_tenuifolium_base
September
Lvs predominantly basal, not 3-ranked. Leafy bracts subtend the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.
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Gill Newberry gn09_c_tenuifolium_inf
September
Spikes 1-3, greenish, cylindric to subglobose, sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Gill Newberry gn09_cyperis_tenuifolius
September
Leaf blades 1-3mm wide. Bracts usually 3, to 15cm long, 0.5-3mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.