Cladium

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Cladium

• Description

  Genus Description - Scales spirally imbricate, deep brown, forming a lanceolate to ovoid spikelet; perianth none; uppermost fl of each spikelet perfect, with 2 stamens, a terete ovary, and 2–3 stigmas; middle fls staminate or abortive; lowest scale of each spikelet empty; achene ovoid, terete, dull, pointed but not tuberculate; infl compound, cymosely branched, bearing spikelets in small terminal capitate clusters. 50+, widespread.