OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23 (2002)

Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-029:

Cyperus strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus praelongatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyperus strigosus

 

COMMON NAME:
False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge


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image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cyst_001_lvd

        

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_cyst_007_lvd

        

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8938

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm190604_8940

June    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

Gill Newberry    gn08_c_strigosus_plants

August        

Leaves predominantly basal, not 3-ranked, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

Gill Newberry    gn08_c_strigosus_spikes

August        

Spikelets pinnate, linear, usually many-flowered, 5-25mm long, 1.5mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

Gill Newberry    gn08_carex_strigosus_inf

August        

Spikes 5-10 or more, congested or open, narrowly to broadly cylindric, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm190802_0497

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leafy bracts subtend the inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus, False Nutsedge, Straw Flatsedge, Straw-colored Flatsedge

JK Marlow    jkm190802_0499

August    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cyperus strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 23
Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cyperus strigosus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-01-029:
Cyperus strigosus   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus praelongatus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyperus strigosus

 

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425

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, ditches, wet flatwoods, wet disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short, stout

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Spikes in congested umbellate clusters

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish
Nutlet

 

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