Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2259

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (common in NC-SC Coastal Plain, rare in Mountains)

Look for it in marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 030-01-016:
 Cyperus erythrorhizos   FAMILY Cyperaceae

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Cyperus erythrorhizos

GREATER THAN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Cyperus halei

 

COMMON NAME:
 Redroot Flatsedge

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image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyer2_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyer2_005_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyha8_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus erythrorhizos, Redroot Flatsedge

Gill Newberry    gn09_c_erythrorhizos

September        

Spikes numerous, congested, cylindrical. Central sessile, lateral rays unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.