Green Kyllinga, Shortleaf Spikesedge
Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.
Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ globe-like inflorescences with 3 leaves underneath
▲▼ inflorescences
▲ illustration of rhizomes on mature, flowering plants
Green Kyllinga:
· Caribbean-native, creeping perennial, sedge-like weed of the southeastern crops and lawns—has been found in southwest Missouri
· Grows to about 6 inches tall and can form dense clumps
· Has dark green, triangular stems, and produces rhizomes that may be dark red to purple to help colony spread; does not produce tubers like yellow nutsedge or purple nutsedge
· Inflorescence is a small, unstalked globe-like or rounded conical cluster at tip of stem, with 3 leaves originating right below the inflorescence
· Several native Missouri sedges have globe-like inflorescences, but often have more than one “globe” cluster at tip of stem, and have less than or more than 3 strap-like leaves below globe-like cluster
