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Cyperus grayi Torrey. Common name: Gray’s Flatsedge. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, dunes, other dry soils. Distribution: NH south to GA and Panhandle FL (Liberty County) (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008). Reports in the Piedmont and Mountains of NC, SC, GA, and AL appear to all be false reports.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA23, K4, NE, NS, NY, POWO, RAB, Va, W, WH3; = Cyperus grayii — G, orthographic variant; = n/a — Pa; > Cyperus filiculmis Vahl var. oblitus Fernald & Griscom — F; > Cyperus grayii — F, Tat, orthographic variant. Basionym: Cyperus grayi Torr. 1836

Links to other floras: = Cyperus grayi - FNA23

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