Common Name: yellow nutsedge, nut-grass, chufa
Scientific Name: Cyperus esculentus L.
Family Name: Cyperaceae - Sedge Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - native perennial, reproducing by seed (rare) and tubers (nutlets) at end of short, scaly rhizomes rhizomes, nutlets

stems - upright, triangular growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4

leaves - light green, very glossy, grass-like, three ranked, taper to sharp point

flowers - yellowish to brown; terminal clustered spikelets seedheads

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