Cyperus squarrosus L. var. squarrosus
Detail
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Botanical Name
- Cyperus squarrosus L. var. squarrosus
- Common Name
- Awned Flatsedge
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Cyperus squarrosus L.
- Comments
- This Cyperus is distinguished by its annual habit, small size, and floral scales with recurved awns (also see C. granitophilus). When dry, the plant has the odor of slippery elm.
- Habitat
- Seasonally exposed, sandy, silty, and muddy river shores and bars; impoundment and reservoir shores; thin soils and crevices on mafic and granitic outcrops; occasionally in barren, ruderal habitats (e.g., pavement cracks, sandy waste ground) that simulate the natural ones. Infrequent and local in the Piedmont and mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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