Cyperus dentatus

Torrey

Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 61. 1824.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 151. Mentioned on page 144, 150.

Herbs, perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous; stolons tuberiferous, 1–10 cm. Culms trigonous, 8–50 cm × 1–3 mm. Leaves flat or V-shaped, 10–40 cm × 2–5 mm. Inflorescences: heads digitate, 8–18 mm diam.; rays 4–9, 1–8 cm; 2d order rays 0.5–2 cm; bracts 3–5, ± horizontal, flat, 1–20 cm × 1–4 mm. Spikelets commonly proliferous, 2–6, linear to oblong, compressed, 3–24 × 2–2.5 mm; floral scales 3–20 (–50), reddish-brown, laterally 1–3-ribbed, ovate, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. Flowers: stamens 3; anthers 1.5 mm; styles 1 mm; stigmas 1.5 mm. Achenes reddish-brown, sessile, obovoid, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.5 mm, apex obtuse, scarcely apiculate, surfaces glabrous.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Emergent sandy, peaty, or gravelly shorelines
Elevation: 0–600 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ind., Maine., Md., Mass., N.H., N.Y., N.C., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va.

Discussion

The report of Cyperus dentatus from West Virginia (M. V. McGivney 1938) is erroneous; the cited specimen was from New Jersey (Gutenberg s.n. 1886, US) (M. Strong, pers. comm.).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Cyperus dentatus"
reddish-brown +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.4mm;0.5mm +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
Gordon C. Tucker* +, Brian G. Marcks* +  and J. Richard Carter * +
Torrey +
persistent +  and deciduous +
decurrent +
w--shaped +  and keeled +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
scabridulous +
trigonous +
1mm;3mm +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ind. +, Maine. +, Md. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +  and Va. +
0–600 m +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Emergent sandy, peaty, or gravelly shorelines +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
subumbellate +  and capitate +
spreading +  and erect +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +  and 40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br /> (?) +
v--shaped +  and flat +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
antrorse +  and extrorse +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Fl. N. Middle United States +
unequal +
4 +  and 9 +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
cylindric;compressed +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
compressed;linear;oblong +
2mm;2.5mm +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
2-3-fid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Cyperus subg. Protocyperus +
Cyperus dentatus +
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species +
herb +  and cespitose +