Cyperus echinatus (Globe Flatsedge, Etc.) on my farm on 9-1-19, #620-21.

Cyperaceae Juss.

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The plant family Cyperaceae was named and described as such by Antione Laurent de Jussieu in Genera Plantarum in 1789.

As of when I last updated this page on 12-20-22, Plants of the World Online by Kew lists 92 in the plant family Cyperaceae, also known as the Sedge Family. Members of this family are found in every country throughout the world, well maybe not Antarctica (until the snow melts then they will be there, too…).

I am most familiar with several species of Carex and Cyperus because they grow here on my farm in west-central Missouri and other areas I go wildflower hunting. You can click on the name of the species under the photos to go to their own pages. There are several species I haven’t properly identified…

You can click on the links below for further reading.

PLANTS OF THE WORLD ONLINE
FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA
WIKIPEDIA
BRITANNICA
KEW-NEOTROPICAL CYPERACEAE
SCIENCE DIRECT
GO BOTANY

Carex granularis (Limestone Meadow Sage) on 5-10-20, #697-25.

I found this Carex granularis (Limestone Meadow Sage) while wildflower hunting on a friend’s farm in 2020. I don’t have this species on my farm.

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Carex squarrosa (Squarrose Sedge) on 5-24-21, #799-3.

I found my first colony of Carex squarrosa (Squarrose Sedge) on a friend’s farm in 2020 and didn’t think I had any on my farm. Then, on May 24 in 2021 I found a colony on my farm. Just never know what you stumble upon.