Cyperus Inflexus Muhlenburg, p. 122
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[ ] Style 3. cleft, achenium triangular.
3 Cyperus inflexus, Muhlenburg.
Syn. C. uncinatus Bh. C. Purshii R.&S. C. pygmaeus
Nutt.
Stamen one; umbel contracted or sessile; spikes oblong-linear
about 8-flowered, collected into 2 or 3 ovate heads,
which are sessile or short peduncled; scales oblong,
tapering into a long recurved point; involucre
3-leaved, very long. Culms 2 to 5 inches high growing in tufts
Moist ground about lakes and ponds, not
common. St Croix river Wisconsin (C. C. Parry); also in
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Extends south into
Kentucky
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