Green Kyllinga

Green Kyllinga, Shortleaf Spikesedge

Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)

▲ ▼ 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