Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Cyperus metzii
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga squamulata
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Kyllinga squamulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Kyllinga squamulata
COMMON NAME:
Crested Greenhead Sedge
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JK Marlow jkm180926_5006
September Greenville County SC
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Inflorescences of former Kyliinga spp. are unbranched (the spikes sessile), per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm180926_5010
September Greenville County SC
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Plants cespitose, not rhizomatous, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm180926_5012
September Greenville County SC
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Scale keel winged, laciniate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
JK Marlow jkm180926_5019
September Greenville County SC
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The solitary spike is subglobose, 6-10mm in diameter, per Flora of North America.
JK Marlow jkm180926_5022
September Greenville County SC
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3-4 leaflike involucral bracts, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 1-6cm, per Flora of North America.