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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus virens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Green Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus virens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus virens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus virens
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-028:
Cyperus virens FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus virens
COMMON NAME:
Green Flatsedge
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Keith Bradley kab_cyperus_virens_7959
October Richland County SC
Leaf blades and inflorescence bracts with conspicuous crossveins, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Keith Bradley kab_cyperus_virens_7972
October Richland County SC
Spikes numerous in congested umbellate clusters. Spikelets digitate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus virens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus virens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus virens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus virens
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-028:
Cyperus virens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus virens
3967
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: marshes and ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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