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|accepted_name=Cyperus dentatus
|accepted_authority=Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. N. Middle United States
|place=1: 61. 1824
|year=1824
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Cyperus;Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys;Cyperus dentatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cyperus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cyperus dentatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 144, 150
|treatment_page=page 151
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, rhizomatous; stolons tuberiferous, 1–10 cm. <b>Culms</b> trigonous, 8–50 cm × 1–3 mm. <b>Leaves</b> flat or V-shaped, 10–40 cm × 2–5 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: heads digitate, 8–18 mm diam.; rays 4–9, 1–8 cm; 2d order rays 0.5–2 cm; bracts 3–5, ± horizontal, flat, 1–20 cm × 1–4 mm. <b>Spikelets</b> commonly proliferous, 2–6, linear to oblong, compressed, 3–24 × 2–2.5 mm; floral scales 3–20(–50), reddish brown, laterally 1–3-ribbed, ovate, 2–2.5 × 1.5–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: stamens 3; anthers 1.5 mm; styles 1 mm; stigmas 1.5 mm. <b>Achenes</b> reddish brown, sessile, obovoid, 0.8–1 × 0.4–0.5 mm, apex obtuse, scarcely apiculate, surfaces glabrous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Emergent sandy, peaty, or gravelly shorelines
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ind.;Maine.;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.
|discussion=<p>The report of <i>Cyperus dentatus</i> from West Virginia (M. V. McGivney 1938) is erroneous; the cited specimen was from New Jersey (Gutenberg s.n. 1886, US) (M. Strong, pers. comm.).</p>
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name=Cyperus dentatus
|author=
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Emergent sandy, peaty, or gravelly shorelines
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ind.;Maine.;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. N. Middle United States
|publication year=1824
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|genus=Cyperus
|subgenus=Cyperus subg. Pycnostachys
|species=Cyperus dentatus
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