Cyperus floribundus |
Cyperus involucratus |
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Rio Grande sedge |
umbrella flatsedge, umbrella-plant |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. | Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous. |
Culms | trigonous, basally tuberous thickened, 15–40 cm × 1–2.5 mm, glabrous. |
trigonous, 30–150 cm × 1–5(–8) mm. |
Leaves | flat to V-shaped, 10–30 cm × 1–2 mm. |
bladeless. |
Inflorescences | spike 1, densely oblong to ellipsoid, 8–36 × 8–20 mm; rays 4–12, 10–20 cm; bracts 3–6, horizontal to ascending at 30°, V-shaped, 3–15 cm × (3–)4–5.8 mm; rachilla deciduous, wings 0.5–0.7 mm wide. |
heads digitate, 15–30(–36) mm diam.; rays (14–)20–22, (2–)5–12(–20) cm; 2d order rays 0.3–3(–4) cm; 3d order rays sometimes present, 0.3–2.5 cm; bracts (4–)18–22, ± horizontal, flat, 15–27 cm × (1.5–)8–12 mm. |
Spikelets | (5–)20–35(–60), linear to oblong, quadrangular; 4–12(–21) × 0.7–1.2 mm, base narrowed to 0.4–1 mm; floral scales persistent, 1–3(–5), appressed, laterally whitish to reddish brown, stramineous with reddish spots, medially green, laterally 3–6-ribbed (midrib distinctly scabrid at 30X), narrowly oblong to ovate, 2.6–4.8 × 1.6–2 mm; apex rounded to ± acute, entire, with mucro 0.3–0.5 mm; sterile terminal scale involute, 0.4–0.6 mm wide, uncinate; distal floral scales with cusp 0.6–1.9. |
8–20, ovoid to linear-lanceoloid, compressed, 5–25 × 1.5–2 mm; floral scales 8–28, laterally whitish or light brown, ± hyaline, medially light brown, laterally ribless, medially 3-ribbed, 2-keeled in proximal 30–60%, deltate-ovate, 1.6–2.4 × (1–)1.2–1.5(–1.7) mm, apex acute. |
Flowers | anthers 0.5–1.3 mm; styles 0.4–0.5 mm; stigmas 0.5–0.9 mm. |
stamens 3; anthers 0.7–1 mm; styles 0.5–1 mm; stigmas 0.6–1 mm. |
Achenes | light brown to reddish brown, sessile to slightly stipitate, narrowly ellipsoid, 1.8–2.4 × 0.6–0.8 mm, apex slightly apiculate, surfaces puncticulate. |
brown, sessile or stipitate, broadly ellipsoid, 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.6 mm, stipe if present to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces puncticulate. |
Cyperus floribundus |
Cyperus involucratus |
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Phenology | Fruiting mid summer–early fall (Jul–Sep). | Fruiting early summer–fall. |
Habitat | Damp, disturbed soils, croplands | Damp, disturbed soils, ditches, stream banks |
Elevation | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) | 0–100(–800) m (0–300(–2600) ft) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico |
CA; FL; LA; TX; e Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | Included previously in Cyperus retroflexus (or its synonym C. uniflorus), C. floribundus has a much narrower geographic range (southern Texas and northeastern Mexico) and differs in features of spikelet morphology (J. R. Carter and S. D. Jones 1997). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cyperus involucratus has been collected in New York (R. S. Mitchell and G. C. Tucker 1997). Cyperus involucratus is widely cultivated as a water plant in greenhouses and outdoors in warm-temperate or tropical climates. It has long been misidentified in the flora as C. alternifolius Linnaeus, an endemic of Madagascar (G. C. Tucker 1983). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 23. | FNA vol. 23, p. 150. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Pycnostachys |
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Synonyms | C. uniflorus var. floribundus, C. uniflorus | |
Name authority | (Kükenthal) J. Rich. Carter & S. D. Jones: Rhodora 99: 330. (1998) | Rottbøll: Descr. Pl. Rar., 22. (1772) |
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