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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus flavescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
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Read more about Yellow Flatsedge at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus flavescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus flavescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)
Cyperus flavescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-004:
Cyperus flavescens FAMILY Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus flavescens
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Flatsedge
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cyfl_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_cyfl_005_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus flavescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus flavescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus flavescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus flavescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-004:
Cyperus flavescens
FAMILY
Cyperaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus flavescens
4247
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Low fields, ditches, marshes, especially where seasonally flooded, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate (blades often absent)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Spikes yellowish
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spikes yellowish
Nutlet
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