Cyperus croceus |
Cyperus retrofractus |
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Baldwin's flatsedge |
rough flatsedge |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, cespitose. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose. |
Culms | trigonous, (4–)14–45 cm × 1–2 mm, glabrous. |
with cormlike bases, sharply trigonous, 25–90 cm, glabrous proximally, minutely scabridulous distally. |
Leaves | yellow-green, flat, 18–44 cm × 3–4.5 mm. |
V-shaped, 14–40 cm × 3.5–8 mm, (pubescent on adaxial side of midrib). |
Inflorescences | spikes densely to loosely globose to ovoid, 10–20 mm wide; rays (3–)5–9(–14), 1–15(–26) cm; rachis 3–6(–9) mm; bracts (4–)6–9(–11), horizontal to ascending at 45°, flat, 1–30 cm × 0.5–4 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings persistent, 0.3–0.5(–0.8) mm wide. |
spikes loose, obtrulloid to obdeltoid (broadest near apex, nearly as long as wide), 20–28(–34) × (12–)15–30 mm; rays 4–13, (1–)4–24 cm (longest ray shorter than bracts), glabrous; bracts 3–12, ascending at 30–45°, flat, 3–25 cm × 3–7 mm; rachilla persistent, wings 0.4–0.6 mm wide, covering 3/4 of mature achene. |
Spikelets | (10–)30–50, oblong to lanceoloid, quadrangular to subterete, compressed, 4–8 × 1–1.3 mm; distal spikelet spreading or ascending; floral scales persistent, (1–)2–4(–6), appressed, whitish with red speckles, laterally 2–4-ribbed, ovate, 2.3–3.6 × 1.8–2.2 mm. |
30–50, proximal one reflexed, distal ones divaricate, linear-lanceoloid, ± terete, (6.5–) 8–10(–17) × 0.5–0.7 mm; floral scales persistent, 3–6(–8), appressed, stramineous (suffused with reddish purple), 4–5-ribbed laterally, ovate-lanceolate, (4–)4.4–4.9(–5.4) × 1.3–1.5 mm; terminal scale not spinose, apex straight, excurved mucronate, or cuspidate. |
Flowers | anthers 0.5 mm; styles 0.6–1.3 mm; stigmas 1.2–2.6 mm. |
anthers 0.7–1.2 mm; styles 1.5–2 mm; stigmas 2–2.5 mm. |
Achenes | reddish brown to nearly black, sessile, oblong, ellipsoid, 2–2.4 × 0.4–0.5(–0.7) mm, apex ± truncate-emarginate, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate. |
brown to brownish black, narrowly oblong, (2.2–)2.5–3 × 0.6–0.7 mm, base cuneate, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate. |
Cyperus croceus |
Cyperus retrofractus |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer–early fall. | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Disturbed, sunny areas, coastal rocks, moist thickets | Roadsides, pastures, disturbed sites in sandy or clayey soils |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; DE; FL; GA; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NJ; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; South America (Venezuela)
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AL; AR; DC; DE; GA; KY; MO; NC; NJ; OH; PA; SC; TN; VA
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Discussion | Cyperus globulosus Aublet is a synonym of C. luzulae (Linnaeus) Rottbøll ex Retzius, which is a widespread neotropical species, and it has long been misapplied to Cyperus croceus (G. C. Tucker 1987). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
For information concerning nomenclature of Cyperus retrofractus, see J. R. Carter and C. E. Jarvis (1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 23, p. 183. | FNA vol. 23, p. 180. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | C. baldwinii, C. cyclostachyus, C. echinatus var. multiflora, C. globulosus var. pseudofiliculmis, C. globulosus var. robustus, C. plankii, C. retrorsus var. robustus, Mariscus bracheilema, Mariscus brittonii | Scirpus retrofractus, C. dipsaciformis, C. retrofractus var. dipsaciformis, Mariscus retrofractus |
Name authority | Vahl: Enum. Pl. 2: 357. (1805) | (Linnaeus) Torrey: in J. Carey, Carices North. U.S., 519. (1847) |
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