bearded flatsedge
Cyperus squarrosus
Summary 2
Cyperus squarrosus is a species of sedge known by several common names, including bearded flatsedge and awned flatsedge. It is found in wet environments nearly worldwide. It is a small sedge, reaching a maximum height between 10 and 16 centimeters. There are one to three short, thin leaves around the base of the plant. The inflorescence is a single spherical or bunched spike of up to 30 spikelets. Each spikelet is flat and has excurved awns,...
Synonym 3
Chlorocyperus inflexus (Muhlenberg) Palla; Cyperus aristatus Rottbøll; C. aristatus var. inflexus (Muhlenberg) Kükenthal; C. aristatus var. runyonii O’Neill; C. inflexus Muhlenberg; Dichostylis aristata (Rottbøll) Palla; Mariscus squarrosus (Linnaeus) C. B. Clarke
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- (c) 2009 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=271962&one=T
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyperus_squarrosus
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/19828842
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