PLANTS Profile for Cyperus sanguinolentus (purpleglume flatsedge)

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PLANTS Profile

Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl
purpleglume flatsedge

Symbol:

CYSA10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Cyperaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I

More Information:

Images:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

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Synonyms:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

CYLO8	Cyperus louisianensis Thieret	Louisiana flatsedge
CYSA3	Cyperus sanguindentus Vahl, database artifact	purpleglume flatsedge
PYSA	Pycreus sanguindentus (Vahl) Nees, database artifact
PYSA5	Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl) Nees

Distribution:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, GA, HI, LA, MS)

Related Taxa:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

View 38 genera in Cyperaceae, 128 species in Cyperus

Classification:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus	Cyperus L. – flatsedge
Species	Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl – purpleglume flatsedge

Introduced Information:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 04:41 PM CDT