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In addition to the rachilla characters given in the main key, C. strigosus has cormose culm bases (vs. annual with fibrous roots) and spikelets with longer [3.2-4.5 mm vs. (2.0-) 2.2-2.8 (-3.2) mm] scales that are initially quadrangular, becoming strongly compressed at maturity; differences from C. erythrorhizos are discussed under that species.","phenology_source_text":"Jul-Sep.","regional_wetland_indicators":[{"source_column":"WetlandStatus1","value":"OBL"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus2","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus3","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus4","value":"FACW"},{"source_column":"WetlandStatus5","value":"FACW"}],"taxonomic_synonymy":"[= Ar, C, ETx1, FNA23, G, GrPl, GW1, Il, K1, K4, Mex, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, Tat, Tn, W, WH3; > Cyperus ferax Rich. — S; > Cyperus ferruginescens Boeckeler — F, RAB; > Cyperus longispicatus Norton — S; > Cyperus macrocephalus Liebmann — Tx; > Cyperus odoratus L. — F, RAB, Tx; > Cyperus odoratus L. ssp. odoratus — POWO; > Cyperus odoratus L. ssp. trancaucasicus — POWO; > Cyperus odoratus L. var. odoratus — Va, Tucker & Gandhi (2019); > Cyperus odoratus L. var. squarrosus (Britton) S.D. Jones, Wipff, & J.R. Carter — Can, Tucker & Gandhi (2019); > Cyperus speciosus Vahl — S; > Torulinum confertum Desv. ex Ham. — Bah]","wetland_source_note":"taxonomic split from wetland indicator species"}},"usda":{"matched_name":"Cyperus odoratus","retrieved":"2026-09-24","scope":"Nationwide species characteristics; local growing conditions may vary","source_label":"USDA PLANTS","source_url":"https://plants.usda.gov/","usda_id":18714,"values":{"bloom_season":"Late Summer","flower_color":"Brown","foliage_color":"Green","fruit_season_begin":"Summer","fruit_season_end":"Fall","growth_architecture":"Bunch","growth_rate":"Moderate","height_ft":2,"leaf_retention":"No"}}},"light_range":["part shade","full sun"],"light_source":"FloraQuest: Carolinas, Georgia (Southeastern Flora Team)","native_synthesis":{"claims":[{"basis":"unanimous_direct_child_native_flags","claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus odoratus","scope":"TN-KY","source":"tnky_atlas","supporting_taxa":[{"atlas_id":260,"native_flag":"Y","scientific_name":"Cyperus odoratus var. odoratus","url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/260"}],"url":"https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant/species/3742"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus odoratus","scope":"L48","source":"usda","text":"CAN:N HI:N L48:N PB:N PR:N VI:N","url":"https://plants.usda.gov/"},{"claim":"native","matched_name":"Cyperus odoratus","scope":"NC","source":"nc_flora","url":"https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/"}],"county_native_range":"unresolved","explanation":"Source scopes are preserved. State occurrence alone does not establish nativity; combined regional evidence is labeled estimated.","label":"Native to Kentucky (estimated from combined sources)","rule":"southeast-native-synthesis-1","status":"native_inferred"},"source_name":"Cyperus odoratus","taxon_id":"taxon:9b2a917c-4aa5-52d0-b3f0-4f3a0a21cf55","revision":"publish:5809c037-0e9a-430a-8008-5ab6f69800c0","photos":[]}