NameThatPlant.net: Cyperus metzii

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus metzii FAMILY Cyperaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Sedges formerly in the genus Kyllinga are quite similar and need to be keyed carefully. Asian spikesedge often has a yellowish green tinge to the plant and the fruiting head is tan color or mixed tan-green. Notable are the ragged (deeply cut) edges of the floral scales. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga squamulata FAMILY Cyperaceae

COMMON NAME:
Crested Greenhead Sedge, Asian Spikesedge

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cyperus metzii FAMILY Cyperaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Kyllinga squamulata FAMILY Cyperaceae

3968

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual

Habitat: Lawns, turf farms, athletic fields, golf courses, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping], not rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer
Heads straw-colored, greenish, tan & green
Bracts 3-4, to 6cm long
(1)2 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual or staminate

Inflorescences unbranched (the spikes sessile)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Spikelet with one nutlet enclosed by two scales

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".

Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".