Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus lupulinus +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Great Plains Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lupulinus +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus lupulinus +
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-040?:
Cyperus filiculmis FAMILY Cyperaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus filiculmis
COMMON NAME:
Great Plains Flatsedge, Slender Nutsedge
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus lupulinus +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus lupulinus +
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus lupulinus +
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-040?:
Cyperus filiculmis
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus filiculmis
4452
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Look for it in dry sterile soils in fields and meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common to rare, depending on variety
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!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".