Cyperus brevifolioides Thieret & Delahouss.

Plants of Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Northern Virginia
Cyperaceae
Kyllinga gracillima Miq.
Fairfax County: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, Vienna. N38.935720,
W77.283090. Lake Caroline, on north end in sandy-muddy deposition
bars at drainage inflow from subtending lawns. Rhizomatous perennial
with creeping rhizome 25-45 cm tall; leaves glabrous; inflorescence a
terminal globose head subtended by spreading leaf-like bracts; spikelets
laterally flattened; scales distichous.
M.T. Strong 3845	22 Sep 2008
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