Cyperus lupulinus subsp. lupulinus

Endemic
Synonyms: Cyperus bushii Britton
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 176.

Culms 10–50 cm × 0.4–1.7 mm. Leaves 12–40 cm × 0.8–3.5 mm. Inflorescences: spikes loosely to densely ovoid, 8–16 mm; rays 0or 1–4, 1–6 cm; bracts 2–4, 6–25 cm. Spikelets 15–40 (–60), 6–22 × 3–4 mm; floral scales 5–22, 2.5–4 × 2–2.6 mm, margins not clasping achene. Achenes 1.7–2.2 × 0.8–1.2 mm.


Phenology: Fruiting summer
Habitat: Well-drained, open roadsides, fields, prairies
Elevation: 0–1700 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ark., Colo., Conn., Del., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

black +  and dark-brown +
0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +
0.8mm;1.2mm +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br />) +
obtuse;entire;mucronate +
Gordon C. Tucker* +, Brian G. Marcks* +  and J. Richard Carter * +
(Sprengel) Marcks +
persistent +  and deciduous +
decurrent +
Scirpus lupulinus +
w--shaped +  and keeled +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
horizontal +  and reflexed +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
scabridulous +
trigonous +
0.4mm;1.7mm +
Ont. +, Ark. +, Colo. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–1700 m +
off-white +  and light reddish-brown +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
ovate-elliptic +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br />) +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Well-drained, open roadsides, fields, prairies +
subumbellate +  and capitate +
spreading +  and erect +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (?) +  and 40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (?) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
0.005 cm0.05 mm <br />5.0e-5 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting summer +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
antrorse +  and extrorse +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. +
conspicuous +
unequal +
1 +  and 4 +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
beaded +  and knotted +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
cylindric;compressed +
cylindric +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
15 +  and 40 +
oblong-lanceoloid;compressed +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
2-3-fid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Cyperus bushii +
Cyperus lupulinus subsp. lupulinus +
Cyperus lupulinus +
subspecies +
tuberous +, stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
herb +  and cespitose +