Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cyperus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus odoratus
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus odoratus
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-013:
Cyperus odoratus FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Cyperus ferruginescens
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus ferax
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus longispicatus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus speciosus
COMMON NAME:
Fragrant Flatsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyfe3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyod_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyod_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cysp6_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_c_odoratus_75364
September Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Bottle-brush shaped spike clusters radiating from whorl of leaf-like bracts, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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Keith Bradley kab_c_odoratus_75364b
September Collier County FL
Big Cypress National Preserve
Bracts numerous, 3-7mm wide. Spikes numerous, congested, loosely cylindric, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus odoratus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus odoratus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus odoratus
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-013:
Cyperus odoratus
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Cyperus ferruginescens
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus ferax
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus longispicatus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus speciosus
3965
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual?
Habitat: Low fields, marshes, ditches, sandbars, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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) p214
- Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges & Rushes of the US (Knobel, 1899) (Faust, 1977) p54
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p377
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