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Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain & GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Look for it in pine savannas, pine flatwoods, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Bisexual
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Olive/Reddish
Nutlet

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p152
• Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p015

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Cyperus croceus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus croceus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-036c:
Cyperus retrorsus var. robustus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) (?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Cyperus globulosus

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Cyperus globulosus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cyperus globosus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cyperus multiflorus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cyperus plankii