View source for Kyllinga odorata

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|accepted_name=Kyllinga odorata
|accepted_authority=Vahl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Enum. Pl.
|place=2: 382. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|common_names=Whitehead sedge
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W2
|label=
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cyperus sesquiflorus
|authority=(Torrey) Mattfeld & Kükenthal
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Kyllinga sesquiflora
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Kyllinga;Kyllinga odorata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Kyllinga]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Kyllinga odorata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 192, 193
|treatment_page=page 194
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial, densely cespitose, rhizomatous. <b>Culms</b> (5–)10–25(–45) cm, smooth. <b>Leaves</b> flat to slightly folded, (6–)10–20(–30) cm × 2–3(–4) mm. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes 1–3(–4), whitish, ovoid to ellipsoid, 6–12(–18) × 4–8 mm; bracts (2–)3–4, horizontal, flat, (2–)3–4, 1–7(–9) cm × (0.5–)1–3(–4.5) mm. <b>Spikelets</b> (50–)75–150, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, (1.8–) 2.3–2.8(–3) × 1–1.3 mm; floral scales whitish, laterally 2–3-veined, broadly ovate, 2–2.5 × (1.3–)1.8–2.6 mm; stamens 2; anthers (0.4–)0.6–0.8(–1) mm; style 0.6–1 mm; stigmas 0.3–0.6 mm. <b>Achenes</b> reddish brown to dark brown, broadly ellipsoid, 1.2–1.5 × 0.7–0.8(–0.9) mm, base whitish, stipe to 0.1 mm, apex obtuse, apiculate, puncticulate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Damp grasslands
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Kyllinga odorata
|authority=Vahl
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Cyperus sesquiflorus;Kyllinga sesquiflora
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Damp grasslands
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Asia;Africa;Australia.
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=W2;Illustrated
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|genus=Kyllinga
|species=Kyllinga odorata
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