Cyperus reflexus |
Cyperus bipartitus |
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bentawn flatsedge |
shining flatsedge, slender flatsedge |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, cespitose; rhizomes elongate, scaly, 2–3 mm wide. | Herbs, annual, densely cespitose, with fibrous roots. |
Culms | roundly trigonous to terete, 30–80 cm × 1–1.6 mm, glabrous. |
roundly trigonous, 3–25(–30) cm × 0.3–1.4 mm, glabrous. |
Leaves | 1–6, 10–40 cm, glabrous or essentially so. |
1–3, V-shaped, 1–8 cm × 1–2 mm. |
Inflorescences | heads ovoid to pyramidal, 9–15 mm diam.; rays 0 or 3–6, 0.5–4 cm, glabrous; bracts 3–4, longest erect, appearing as continuation of culm, others horizontal to ascending, 4–17 cm × 1.5–4 mm. |
spike 1, loosely ovoid, compressed, 7–14 × 9–14 mm; rays 1–4, to 2(–3) cm; bracts 2–3, horizontal to ascending at 30(–45)°, V-shaped to flat, 1–12 cm × 0.5–1.5 mm. |
Spikelets | 25–60, reddish with contrasting yellowish or greenish edges, oblong-lanceoloid, strongly compressed, 5–6(–15) × 1.5–2.5 mm; floral scales 10–22, laterally reddish, medially yellowish green, 2-keeled, laterally strongly 1-ribbed on each side, proximally grooved, ovate-elliptic, 1.4–2.2 × 0.8–1.5 mm, apex acute, apically scabridulous (sometimes glabrous). |
3–5(–8), flattened, oblong to oblong-lanceoloid, 8–18 × 2–2.6(–3) mm; floral scales (6–)10–26(–32), closely imbricate, laterally light to dark brown, medially light brown, laterally ribless, medially 2–3-ribbed, 2-keeled, oblong to ovate, 1.9–2.7 × 1.8–2.3 mm, apex obtuse. |
Flowers | stamen 1; anthers 0.6–1 mm; styles 0.3–0.5 mm; stigmas 0.3–0.6 mm. |
stamens 2–3; anthers 0.4–0.5 mm, connective not prolonged; styles 0.6–1 mm; stigmas 1–1.5 mm. |
Achenes | reddish brown, stipitate, ovoid-ellipsoid, 0.8–0.9 × 0.3–0.4 mm, stipe 0.1–0.2 mm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces reticulate or subtly rugulose. |
black, network of ridges forming isodiametric or square cells, sessile, obovoid to ovoid, 1–1.3(–1.5) × (0.6–)0.8 mm, apex apiculate, surfaces minutely punctate. |
Cyperus reflexus |
Cyperus bipartitus |
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Phenology | Fruiting late spring–fall (May–Oct). | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Muddy soils or shallow waters | Emergent shorelines, ditches, puddles, often in disturbed places |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; LA; OK; TX; Mexico; Central America (Costa Rica) |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; ON; QC; Mexico; Central America; South America
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Discussion | Cyperus reflexus is recognized by its reddish scales with contrasting greenish or yellow keels and by the laterally 1ribbed scales. The lateral rib is most often situated where the reddish and yellowish parts of the scale meet. Two varieties of C. reflexus, var. reflexus and var. fraternus, have been recognized (M. F. Denton 1978b). Both varieties were noted as intermingled in the North American and South American segments of the widely disjunct range of C. reflexus. Such variation does not seem significant at the varietal level (see G. C. Tucker 1994; G. C. Tucker and R. McVaugh 1993). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 23. | FNA vol. 23, p. 161. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Pycnostachys | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Pycreus |
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Synonyms | C. arenicola, C. fraternus, C. pseudovegetus var. arenicola, C. reflexus var. fraternus | C. rivularis |
Name authority | Vahl: Enum. Pl. 2: 299. (1805) | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 257. (1836) |
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