Flora of North America species comparison

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Cymophyllus

cymophyllus
Habit Herbs, perennial, cespitose, evergreen.
Culms

compressed or terete.
Leaves

basal, bladeless;

proximal sheaths 4–6, whitish to straw colored, disintegrating at maturity, distal 1(–2, rarely), blade flat, formed from open, elongated sheath, without ligule or evident midvein, usually 2–5 cm wide.
Inflorescences

terminal, single spike;

bracts spirally arranged, each subtending flower, scalelike.
Spikelets

1-flowered;

scales 0–1.
Flowers

unisexual;

staminate flowers without scales;

pistillate flowers with 1 scale enclosing flower (perigynium), open only at apex;

perianth absent;

stamens 3;

styles deciduous, linear, 3-fid.
Achenes

sharply trigonous.

Cymophyllus
Distribution
from USDA
e North America
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Species 1.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 573. Author: A. A. Reznicek.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae
Subordinate taxa
C. fraserianus
Name authority Mackenzie: in N. L. Britton and A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. ed. 2, 1: 441. (1913)
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