Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Redroot Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-016:
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus erythrorhizos
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus halei
COMMON NAME:
Redroot Flatsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyer2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyer2_005_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyha8_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn09_c_erythrorhizos
September
Spikes numerous, congested, cylindrical. Central sessile, lateral rays unequal, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-016:
Cyperus erythrorhizos
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus erythrorhizos
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus halei
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, shores, mud flats, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Cream
Nutlet
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