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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus echinatus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about the genus Cyperus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus echinatus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus echinatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus echinatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-035:
Cyperus ovularis FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus ovularis
COMMON NAME:
Roundhead Flatsedge, Globe Flatsedge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyov_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210709_2014
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
One of the few NC flatsedges to have round or globular flowering heads, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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JK Marlow jkm210709_2015
July Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus echinatus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus echinatus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus echinatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus echinatus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-035:
Cyperus ovularis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus ovularis
4300
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy woodlands, forests, fields, thin soils on outcrops, sand and gravel bars, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in Carolina Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
Spikelets in globose heads
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p212
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p376
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