Carex lupuliformis
false hop sedge

Native to Florida

Here is a Carex with a typical inflorescence shape of this large genus. False hop sedge could easily be confused with several other species of Carex. This Carex species is the one of about 70 found in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). False hop sedge occurs in the eastern half of the U.S.; and in Ontario and Quebec, Canada as well.


Hop sedge is a sedge. Stems tuft-forming, 1-4 ft. tall; leaf blades to 1/2 in. wide; sheaths reddish-purple; inflorescence of 2-6 spikes, each spike 1-21/2 in. long, each spike comprised of numerous spikelets; flowers green, large, to 1/2 in. long, rounded to oblong, comprised of perigynia; perigynia ribbed, beaked, beak tip forked; nutlet 3-angled, rhombic.

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