Kyllinga squamulata
Enum. Pl. 2: 381. 1805.
Common names: Crested greenhead sedge
IntroducedIllustrated
Synonyms: Cyperus metzii (Hochstetter ex Steudel) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
Plants annual, cespitose, not rhizomatous. Culms 5–35 cm, smooth. Leaves flat, 5–30 cm × 1.5–2 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, subglobose, 6–10 mm diam.; bracts 3–4, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 1–6 cm × 1–2 mm. Spikelets 50–70 (–100), stipitate, ovate, 2.5–4 × 2–3 mm; floral scales dull greenish white to stramineous, midvein with laciniate keel ± as long as scale, 1 mm wide, laterally 2-veined, ovate, 2.2–3.8 × 2 mm, acuminate; stamens (1–) 2; anthers 2 mm; style 1 mm; stigmas 1.5–2 mm. Achenes chestnut-brown to purplish brown, ovoid, 1.5–2 × 1.2 mm, base sessile, apex apiculate, puncticulate.
Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Lawns, farmlands
Elevation: 0–50 m
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., West Indies, native tropical Asia
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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ovoid +
1.2 +
basifixed +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
apiculate +
puncticulate +
sessile +
persistent +
absent +
3;4 +
2;3 +
Crested greenhead sedge +
trigonous +
abortive +
subtending +
basal +
abundant +
staminate +
single +
bisexual +
Present +
pseudolateral +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
true +
laciniate +
basal +
absent +
fused +
2-veined +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
Enum. Pl. +
1805 +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
distichous +
fertile +
2-keeled +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
cylindric +
sessile +
subglobose +
stipitate +
distinguished +
ovate +
2mm;3mm +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
2-fid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
bisexual +
Kyllinga squamulata +
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free +
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not rhizomatous +
annual +
5;100 +