NOTES: Flowering stems are topped with 3-12 globose inflorescences, which are subtended by 4-7 leaf-like bracts.
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Globe Flatsedge
Genus species:
Cyperus echinatus
Common Name:
Globe Flatsedge
Family Name:
Cyperaceae
Annual or perennial herbs, often with triangular stems (culms), the pith usually present; leaves alternate, the blades simple, grasslike (linear with parallel venation), with a tubular sheath usually closed at the apex; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, very small, in spikelets; fruit an achene or nutlet, often triangular or lenticular.
Seed Type:
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
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