Species: Cyperus bipartitus
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Shining Flatsedge is a grass-like annual which forms tufts of slender stems that are 5-20 cm high. The few leaves occur near the base of the plant and are 1-2 mm wide. The flowers consist of a small, blunt scale with a pale, ca. 2-3 mm long midrib, which subtends a single stamen and ovary. The flowers are crowded opposite each other into flattened spikelets that are 3-15 mm long. Spikelets occur in open clusters borne on very short to long stalks arising from the stem tips. The inflorescence is subtended by 2-4 leaf-like bracts, at least one of which is longer than the inflorescence. The seed is lens-shaped.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Cyperales
Cyperaceae
Cyperus
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Shining Flatsedge is a grass-like annual which forms tufts of slender stems that are 5-20 cm high. The few leaves occur near the base of the plant and are 1-2 mm wide. The flowers consist of a small, blunt scale with a pale, ca. 2-3 mm long midrib, which subtends a single stamen and ovary. The flowers are crowded opposite each other into flattened spikelets that are 3-15 mm long. Spikelets occur in open clusters borne on very short to long stalks arising from the stem tips. The inflorescence is subtended by 2-4 leaf-like bracts, at least one of which is longer than the inflorescence. The seed is lens-shaped.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life