Cyperus bipartitus

Cyperus bipartitus
Cyperus bipartitus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Cyperus
Species: C. bipartitus
Binomial name
Cyperus bipartitus
Torr.
Synonyms

Cyperus rivularis
Pycreus rivularis

Cyperus bipartitus is a common species of sedge known by several common names, including shining flatsedge and river cyperus. The name "slender flatsedge" is also sometimes used but more properly applies to Cyperus gracilis. C. bipartitus is native to the Americas, where it is found widely distributed from north to south in wet environments, such as lakes, sandbars, and ditches. This is a small annual plant with fibrous roots and thin stems rarely exceeding about 25 centimeters in height. There may be a one to three thin, short leaves around the base of the plant. The inflorescence is one to two centimeters long and holds several flat spikelets. These may be surrounded by long, leaflike bracts. Each spikelet contains flowers covered by dark reddish brown bracts. The achene fruit is a black disc about a millimeter wide.

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