*Cyperus alopecuroides Rottbøll. Phen: Jun-Aug. Hab: Disturbed wet areas. Dist: Native of Old World tropics. Reported for FL in FNA and for MS in Kartesz (2010).
ID notes: Individuals of C. alopecuroides often have a mixture of 2 and 3 styles on the same plant, unique among our southeastern Cyperus. Plants are conspicuous in the field, up to 2.5 m tall with branched, densely cylindric spikes bearing usually erect-ascending, compressed-subterete spikelets.
Origin/Endemic status: Paleotropics
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, WH3, Carter et al (1996)
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
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