Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Cyperus articulatus
Cyperus articulatus L.
Jointed Flatsedge, Chintul
Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)
USDA Symbol: CYAR4USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Cyperus articulatus
Jointed Flatsedge
Cyperaceae
Location: W side of Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun, in broad drainage ditch feedig Salado Creek. In slow moving water, among other palustrine plants.
Description: Perennial in colonies from creeping rhizomes. Culms near terete, to 8 mm thick x 1.5 dm tall, septate at intervals of 5-50 mm. Leaves few, as bladeless basal sheaths. Bracts few, short. Inflorescence of 4-12 glomerules of spikelets, sessile or on peduncles varying to 5+ cm long. Spikelets 6 mm long (immature), laterally compressed.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24, 1994
Specimen number: 608
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0894
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)