Lipocarpha micrantha Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G. C. Tucker

Small flowered hemicarpha, Smallflower halfchaff sedge

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2004 Steve Matson

Lipocarpha micrantha is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~83 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lipocarpha
Family:	Cyperaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Valley Grassland, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


iNat	Cyperus subsquarrosus
JEF + PLANTS	Hemicarpha micrantha var. minor
JEF + PLANTS	Hemicarpha micrantha
PLANTS	Scirpus micranthus var. minor
PLANTS	Scirpus micranthus

Information about Lipocarpha micrantha from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (LIMI12) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).