Cyperus ovatus Baldw.

Ovateleaf flatsedge (en), Éléocharide ovale (fr), Éléocharide à épis ovales (fr), Scirpe à épis ovales (fr), Scirpe à inflorescence ovoïde (fr), Éléocharis ovale (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Cyperus

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, cespitose, (15–)30–100 cm. Culms not basally cormlike, trigonous, (15–)30–100 cm × 1–3 mm, glabrous. Leaves V-shaped, 10–65 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences: spikes densely ovoid to cylindric, 8–17 mm wide; rays 1–6, 2–10 cm, glabrous; rachis 4–8 mm; bracts 3–9, ± horizontal, flat, 4–20 cm × 2–4 mm; rachilla persistent, wings deciduous, 0.2(–0.3) mm wide. Spikelets 30–80, oblong-lanceoloid, ± terete-quadrangular, 4–7 × 1.5–2 mm; distal spikelet spreading or ascending; floral scales persistent, 4–6, appressed, stramineous, laterally 3-ribbed, oblong-elliptic, 1.9–2.6 × 1.1–1.5 mm. Flowers: anthers 0.3–0.5 mm; styles 0.5 mm; stigmas 1–2 mm. Achenes brown, ± stipitate, oblong-fusiform, 1.2–1.5 × 0.4–0.6 mm, apex ± acute, surfaces puncticulate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 1.0
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 7-9
Soil texture 1-2
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 25 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cyperus ovatus world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bahamas, Cuba, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305405-1
WFO ID wfo-0000378827
COL ID 33D2D
BDTFX ID 20812
INPN ID 93989
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cyperus litoreus Cyperus ovatus Mariscus curtisii Mariscus litoreus Cyperus cylindricus Cyperus pollardii Cyperus deeringianus Cyperus winkeleri Cyperus retrorsus var. curtisii Cyperus retrorsus var. deeringianus