Kyllinga gracillima

Miquel

Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 142. 1866.

Common names: Asiatic greenhead sedge pasture spikesedge
IntroducedIllustrated
Synonyms: Cyperus brevifolioides Thieret & Delahoussaye Kyllinga brevifolia var. gracillima (Miquel) Kükenthal Kyllinga brevifolioides (Thieret & Delahoussaye) G. C. Tucker
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 194. Mentioned on page 192, 193.

Plants perennial, not cespitose, long-creeping rhizomatous. Culms 10–35(–50) cm, smooth. Leaves flat, 10–30 cm × 1–3.5 mm. Inflorescences: spike 1, ovoid, 7–12 × 6–10 mm; bracts 3–4, horizontal to slightly reflexed, flat, 2–20(–30) cm × 1–3 mm. Spikelets 40–80, pale greenish or reddish brown, ovate, 3.5–4.5 × 1.2–1.3(–1.4) mm; floral scales laterally 2(–5)-veined, elliptic, 1.8–3.2 × 1–1.6 mm, apex mucronate; stamens 2–3; anthers 0.8–1.1 mm; style 1.8–2.2 mm; stigmas 0.5–1 mm. Achenes brown, sessile or stipitate, broadly ellipsoid, 1.5–1.8 × 0.8–1 mm, stipe, if present, to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, puncticulate.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Muddy banks of streams and estuaries
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Ga., Ky., Md., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Pa., Tenn., Va., temperate e Asia.

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Gordon C. Tucker +
Miquel +
Asiatic greenhead sedge +  and pasture spikesedge +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Pa. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and temperate e Asia. +
0–1000 m +
Muddy banks of streams and estuaries +
Fruiting summer. +
Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Cyperus brevifolioides +, Kyllinga brevifolia var. gracillima +  and Kyllinga brevifolioides +
Kyllinga gracillima +
Kyllinga +
species +