Kyllinga brevifolia |
Kyllinga odorata |
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perennial greenhead sedge, short leaf spikesedge |
fragrant spikesedge, whitehead sedge |
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Habit | Plants perennial, cespitose or not, long-creeping rhizomatous. | Plants perennial, densely cespitose, rhizomatous. |
Culms | sometimes spaced to 3 cm apart, (5–)12–25(–55) cm, smooth. |
(5–)10–25(–45) cm, smooth. |
Leaves | flat, 2–21 cm × 1.5–3.5 mm. |
flat to slightly folded, (6–)10–20(–30) cm × 2–3(–4) mm. |
Inflorescences | spikes 1–3, 4–7 × 4 mm; bracts 3–4, longest ± erect, others ascending to horizontal, flat, 1.5–18 cm × 1–3.3 mm. |
spikes 1–3(–4), whitish, ovoid to ellipsoid, 6–12(–18) × 4–8 mm; bracts (2–)3–4, horizontal, flat, (2–)3–4, 1–7(–9) cm × (0.5–)1–3(–4.5) mm. |
Spikelets | (20–)40–60(–100), pale greenish or reddish brown, ovate, (2.2–)2.5–2.8(–3.2) × (0.6–)0.7–0.8(–1.2) mm; floral scales laterally 2–3-veined, elliptic to ovate, 1.8–3 × (0.8–)1.1–1.6 mm, midvein not winged, apex mucronate; stamens (1–)2; anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; style 0.6–1.2 mm; stigmas 0.5–1.5 mm. |
(50–)75–150, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, (1.8–) 2.3–2.8(–3) × 1–1.3 mm; floral scales whitish, laterally 2–3-veined, broadly ovate, 2–2.5 × (1.3–)1.8–2.6 mm; stamens 2; anthers (0.4–)0.6–0.8(–1) mm; style 0.6–1 mm; stigmas 0.3–0.6 mm. |
Achenes | brown, substipitate or stipitate, ellipsoid to oblong-ellipsoid, 1–1.2(–1.3) × 0.6–0.8 mm, stipe, if present, 0.1–0.2 mm, apex obtuse to subtruncate, apiculate, papillate. |
reddish brown to dark brown, broadly ellipsoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–0.8(–0.9) mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, puncticulate. |
Kyllinga brevifolia |
Kyllinga odorata |
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Phenology | Fruiting summer. | Fruiting summer. |
Habitat | Damp grasslands, shorelines, ditches, croplands | Damp grasslands |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; OK; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Australia
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AL; AR; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; NM; OK; SC; TX; Mexico; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Australia
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Discussion | Reports of Kyllinga brevifolia from Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia should be referred to as K. gracillima. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 23, p. 193. | FNA vol. 23, p. 194. |
Parent taxa | Cyperaceae > Kyllinga | Cyperaceae > Kyllinga |
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Synonyms | Cyperus brevifolius | Cyperus sesquiflorus, K. sesquiflora |
Name authority | Rottbøll: Descr. Icon. Rar. Pl., 13, plate 4, fig. 3. (1773) | Vahl: Enum. Pl. 2: 382. (1805) |
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