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Smallflower halfchaff sedge

Lipocarpha micrantha

Also called Small-flowered dwarf-bulrush, Dwarf Bulrush, Small Flowered Half Chaff Sedge, Small Flowered Hemicarpha, Small Flowered Lipocarpha, Small Flower Halfchaff Sedge

Smallflower halfchaff sedge
Photo: Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. Midwest N, Public domain
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Water
Likes moisture

About

Lipocarpha micrantha, known as dwarf bulrush, small-flowered hemicarpha, small-flower halfchaff sedge, common hemicarpa and tiny-flowered sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae) native to North America.

Where it grows

The plant's habitat consists of brackish or salt marshes and flats, floodplain (river or stream floodplains), fresh tidal marshes or flats, shores of rivers or lakes, wetland margins (edges of wetland).

Other Cyperus plants

Cyperus absconditicoronatus · Cyperus acholiensis · Tapertip flatsedge · Cyperus afroalpinus · Cyperus afrodunensis · Cyperus afromontanus · Cyperus afrovaricus · Inflatedscale flatsedge · Cyperus ajax · Cyperus alaticaulis · Cyperus albopilosus · Cyperus albopurpureus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lipocarpha micrantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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