Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Many-flowered Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Visit Flora of North America to view their excellent illustration comparing spikes of C. cephalanthus, C. hystricinus, C. lancastriensis, C. plukenetii, C. refractus, and C. retrofractus.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus lancastriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus lancastriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-031:
Cyperus lancastriensis FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus lancastriensis
COMMON NAME:
Many-flowered Flatsedge, Porter’s Flatsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyla3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyla3_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2728
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves and inf. bracts mostly >10mm wide. Spikes dense; spikelets subterete, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm210813_2732
August Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Short rhizomes scarcely visible between culm bases. Culms basally cormlike, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus lancastriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus lancastriensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-031:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus lancastriensis
4031
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
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LEAVES:
Simple
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with inconspicuous short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
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