Cyperus parishii |
Cyperus articulatus |
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Parish flatsedge, Parish's flatsedge, Parish's nutgrass |
jointed flatsedge, priprioca |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, cespitose. | Herbs perennial; rhizomes to 200 cm. |
Culms | trigonous, 5–25 cm × 1–1.5 mm, glabrous. |
to 25 cm apart, 1(–3) together, terete (scarcely compressed in drying), occasionally trigonous for apical 1/3, 40–140(–200) cm, 4–12 mm thick at base, (1.2–)1.5–2.5 mm thick at apex (with conspicuous transverse septa ca. 3 cm apart basally, to 3–5 mm apart apically), glabrous or infrequently scabrid on angles apically; sheaths at base of culm, 2–3, (5–)10–25 cm, loose, papery. |
Leaves | usually bladeless, blades when present, cross ribs prominent, especially adaxially, (1–)10–20(–40) cm × 4–6(–9) mm. |
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Inflorescences | spikes loosely ovoid, 15–25 mm wide; rays 1–6, 2–7 cm; bracts 2–5, 3–20 cm, ascending; rachilla deciduous, winged. |
spikes 1(–5), broadly ovoid to ± umbellate, 15–45 × 10–30 mm; rays 5–7(–10), 0.3–8(–12) cm; 2d order rays occasionally present, 5–20 mm; bracts 2(–4), erect, longest appearing to be continuation of culm, deltate to lance-linear, 0.2–2(–9) cm × 1.5–4.5 mm; rachilla persistent, wings translucent, whitish, or stramineous, 0.4 mm wide. |
Spikelets | 5–30, linear, flattened, 6–22 × 1.5–2.2 mm; floral scales ± deciduous, (4–)8–12, red, reddish purple, or reddish brown, medially green, elliptic, laterally 2–4-ribbed, 2.3–3.1 × 1.2–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. |
(1–)5–10, linear, compressed, 10–35(–45) × 1.1–2 mm; floral scales deciduous, 15–45, spreading or appressed, laterally light brown, medially green to brown, laterally 1–2-ribbed, medially 3-ribbed, oblong-elliptic to ovate, 2.9–3.7 × 1.1–1.6(–1.8) mm, apex acute. |
Flowers | anthers 0.3–0.4 mm; styles 1 mm; stigmas 1.3–1.6 mm. |
anthers 1.7–2.4 mm; styles 1.2–3.6 mm; stigmas 1.7–6 mm. |
Achenes | brown to dark purplish brown, broadly ellipsoid, 1–1.3 × 0.6–0.9 mm, surfaces puncticulate. |
brown, stipitate, obovoid-ellipsoid, 1.2–1.6 × 0.4–0.6 mm, stipe 0.1 mm, apex markedly apiculate, surfaces puncticulate. |
Cyperus parishii |
Cyperus articulatus |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer. | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Stream banks, desert washes, arroyos, roadsides | Marshes, shallow water, ditches |
Elevation | 0 800 m (0 2600 ft) | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; Asia; Africa
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Discussion | In habit, Cyperus articulatus is reminscent of larger plants of Juncus or Schoenoplectus and is the only North American Cyperus with such a reedlike appearance. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 23, p. 170. | FNA vol. 23, p. 167. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus |
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Synonyms | C. congestus var. parishii | C. articulatus var. multiflorus, C. articulatus var. nodosus, C. corymbosus var. subnodosus, C. nodosus, C. nodosus var. subnodosus, C. subnodosus |
Name authority | Britton ex Parish: Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: 52, plate 3. (1904) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 44. (1753) |
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