Yellow Nutsedge
Scientific Name: Cyperus esculentus
Common lawn and garden weed.
Yellow Nutsedge
Scientific Name: Cyperus esculentus
Yellow Nutsedge
| Genus species: | Cyperus esculentus | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | Yellow Nutsedge | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Cyperaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs, often with triangular stems (culms), the pith usually present; leaves alternate, the blades simple, grasslike (linear with parallel venation), with a tubular sheath usually closed at the apex; flowers (florets) bisexual or unisexual, very small, in spikelets; fruit an achene or nutlet, often triangular or lenticular. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Sedge | |||||||||||
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | J.D. Mancini | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicates the month(s) the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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