Carex pseudocyperus | |
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Male spike (top) and three female spikes (bottom) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Section: | Carex sect. Vesicariae |
Species: | C. pseudocyperus
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Binomial name | |
Carex pseudocyperus |
Carex pseudocyperus is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name cyperus sedge [1] or hop sedge. [2] It grows in marshes, swamps, and the margins of ponds, rivers and canals. The stems can be up to 90 centimetres (35 in) with one male spike and 3 to 5 pendulous female spikes, and bright yellow-green leaves to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in). [2] [3] [4]
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