Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
NEW! Click to go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Many-flowered Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-031:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Cyperus lancastriensis
COMMON NAME:
Many-flowered Flatsedge
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyla3_001_lvd
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyla3_003_lvd
)
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).
)
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 (5/21/15):
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-031:
Cyperus lancastriensis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Cyperus lancastriensis
4031
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Carolinas, rare in GA
Habitat: Dry woodlands, forests, and fields, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a range map (and maybe identification notes) from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], with inconspicuous short rhizomes
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!