Cyperus schweinitzii |
Cyperus diandrus |
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sand flatsedge, Schweinitz's flatsedge |
umbrella flat sedge |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, rhizomatous. | Herbs, annual, cespitose, with fibrous roots. |
Culms | trigonous, (10–)20–50 cm × (0.6–)1–2 mm, glabrous or more often scabridulous, either in distal 1/2 or over entire length; basal sheaths, 1–3, light brown, 1–4 cm, papery. |
trigonous, 4–25(–35) cm, glabrous. |
Leaves | flat to V-shaped, (2–)20–35 cm × 2–6 mm, margins and keel minutely scabridulous; proximal leaves bladeless. |
flat, 5–20 cm × 1.5–3 mm. |
Inflorescences | spikes ± umbellate to slenderly (infrequently broadly) ovoid, 10–25 × 7–16 mm; rays 3–5, 1.5–8(–15) cm; bracts 3–7, erect (or declined at most 25–30° from vertical), (2.5–)8–20(–25) cm × (0.5–)1.5–6 mm; rachilla ± deciduous, wingless. |
heads ± digitate, 12–22 mm diam.; rays 3–6, 1–6 cm; bracts 1–4, ± horizontal, flat, 1.5–15 cm × 1.5–3 mm. |
Spikelets | (1–)5–10(–20), oblong to linear-oblong, quadrangular, 7–10(–18) × (2.8–)3.2–4(–4.5) mm; floral scales deciduous, (1–)5–10(–14), spreading, laterally stramineous or dull whitish, sometimes also red-spotted, medially green, laterally 2–3-ribbed, medially 3-ribbed, broadly ovate to oblong-ovate, (2.3–)2.8–3.2 × (2–)2.4–3.2 mm, apex broadly rounded, often clear-erose, cusp 0.1–0.4 mm in proximal scales, 0.3–1 mm in distal scales. |
6–12, oblong-lanceoloid, compressed, 5–10 × 2.8–3.2 mm; floral scales 8–28, closely imbricate, stramineous to light brown or clear (marginal band bright red, spikelet thus appearing dark margined), laterally ribless, oblong to ovate, 2.5–3 × 1.6–1.9 mm. |
Flowers | anthers 0.8–1.4 mm; styles 0.1–0.3 mm; stigmas 1.5–3 mm. |
stamens 2(–3); anthers 0.3 mm, connective apex reddish, subulate, 0.1–0.2 mm; styles 0.3–0.5 mm; stigmas 2.2–3.1 mm. |
Achenes | light to dark brown or nearly black, broadly ellipsoid, infrequently obovoid, 2–2.4 × 0.9–1.4 mm, base cuneate to ± stipelike, apex obtuse to broadly rounded, surfaces papillose. |
brown, network of ridges forming isodiametric or square cells, sessile or stipitate, obovoid to ovoid, 1–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm, stipe, if present, 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, surfaces minutely punctate. |
2n | = 166. |
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Cyperus schweinitzii |
Cyperus diandrus |
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Phenology | Fruiting late spring–early summer. | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Riverbanks, sand bars, lakeshores, sand dunes, sandy openings in woods | Emergent shorelines, in sandy, peaty, or slightly brackish areas (though seldom where disturbed) |
Elevation | 0–1000 m (0–3300 ft) | 0–600 m (0–2000 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; IA; IL; KY; MA; MI; MN; MO; MT; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TX; UT; WA; WI; WY; AB; MB; ON; QC; SK; Mexico (Coahuila)
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CT; DE; IA; IL; IN; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NE; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; VA; VT; NB; NS; ON; QC
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Discussion | Cyperus schweinitzii is introduced, but not naturalized, in Massachusetts and Washington. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 23, p. 174. | FNA vol. 23, p. 161. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Cyperus | Cyperaceae > Cyperus > subg. Pycreus |
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Synonyms | C. alterniflorus | Pycreus diander |
Name authority | Torrey: Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 3: 276. (1836) | Torrey: Cat. Pl. New York, 90. (1819) |
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