Digital Herbaria

Specimen & Label Data

Cyperus articulatus

Jointed Flatsedge, Chintul

Cyperaceae

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

Habitat: Full sun; in broad drain into Salado Creek. Rooted in mud, under shallow, slow flowing, fresh water. Among other palustrine plants.

Description: Perennial in colonies from creeping rhizomes. Culms near terete, to 8 cm thick x 1.5 m tall, septate at intervals of 5-50 mm. Leaves few as basal sheaths. Bracts few & short. Infloresence of 4-12 glomerules of spikelets, sessile or on peduncles, varying to 5+ cm long. Spikelets 6 mm long.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Aug 5, 1994
Specimen number: 655

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0939
Accession Date: Oct 27, 1994
Accession Number: 73

Annotations: SXFXB (In fruit)