Green Kyllinga
Scientific Name: Kyllinga brevifolia
Also Known As: Annual Sedge
Weed Family: Cyperaceae
Description
Green kyllinga is a perennial sedge. It is capable of forming dense mats due to its development of rhizomes. The leaves are dark green and grow up to 6-inches in height. The seedhead is round and has three leaves below it. Green kyllinga spreads by both seeds and rhizomes. Green kyllinga is primarily found from Georgia to south Florida, west to Texas and California.
Weed Photos: Courtesy of Dr. Lambert McCarty. Clemson University. Clemson, SC.
Herbicide Use
Make your post-emergence herbicide application to green kyllinga that is actively growing and in the seedling to flower stage of growth.
Distribution
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