Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Cyperus elegans

Sticky Flatsedge

Cyperaceae

Location: W side of Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: In drain into Salado Creek; full sun, in mud; among palustrine plants.

Description: Achene trigonus. Spikelet axis deciduous as a unit. Culms non-septate. Primary peduncles never bearing an irregular panicle. Stamens-3. Lower leaves w/well developed blades. Achene 1.5 mm long, 1 mm thick, the longer peduncles w/secondary peduncles. Spikelets grayish-ochraceous. Achene thickest near apex, long tapered to base.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 5, 1994
Specimen number: 654

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0938
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73

Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)