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Jul 20, 2015 8:55 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

Spotted this in my yard this morning. Is it some kind of allium maybe? or something else?

Globe Flatsedge (Cyperus echinatus)
Uploaded by Catmint20906

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| @Catmint20906 | Post #907671 (1)

Jul 20, 2015 9:14 AM CST

carex
maybe
http://www.botanickafotogaleri...

Sedge (Carex bohemica)
Uploaded by robertduval14

Bohemia is Czech Republic

| @bamira | Post #907686 (2)

Last edited by bamira Jul 20, 2015 9:22 AM

purpleinopp

Jul 20, 2015 9:16 AM CST

Name: Tiffany purpleinopp
Opp, AL @--`--,----- 🌹 (Zone 8b)

That's one of about 15 grasses that are in our lawn. Although I hate them all, this is one of the ones I hate the least, it stays pretty short & doesn't make vines, easy to pull up if the ground is damp.

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kidfishing

Jul 20, 2015 9:17 AM CST

Name: Ashton & Terry
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
Windswept Farm & Gardens

Sedge, get rid of it while you can.
If you have one, you probably have thousands...

Kidfishing

| @kidfishing | Post #907690 (4)

froggardener

Jul 20, 2015 9:17 AM CST

Name: JoJo
Texas (Zone 8b)

Catmint , that is nutsedge and get it out or it will be everywhere and very hard to get rid of

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JRsbugs

Jul 20, 2015 9:26 AM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

Looks like Cyperus echinatus .. Globe Flatsedge.

http://www.marylandbiodiversit...

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp...

BugLife

| @JRsbugs | Post #907701 (6)

Jul 20, 2015 9:26 AM CST

kidfishing said:Sedge, get rid of it while you can.
If you have one, you probably have thousands...

borrow Tiffany sheep

| @bamira | Post #907702 (7)

Jul 20, 2015 9:29 AM CST

JRsbugs said:Looks like Cyperus echinatus .. Globe Flatsedge.

http://www.marylandbiodiversit...

http://www.discoverlife.org/mp...

| @bamira | Post #907707 (8)

Jul 20, 2015 9:45 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

Thanks so much, you guys!!

Glad you all were able to identify it so quickly for me so I can pull it up!!

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #907729 (9)

Jul 20, 2015 9:49 AM CST

Catmint20906 said:Thanks so much, you guys!! Glad you all were able to identify it so quickly for me so I can pull it up!!

guys Janet Super Sleuth

| @bamira | Post #907732 (10)

Tropical Plant Photo Dictionary

Jul 20, 2015 9:59 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

thanks, Janet Super Sleuth!

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

| @Catmint20906 | Post #907741 (11)

JRsbugs

Jul 20, 2015 10:15 AM CST

Name: Janet Super Sleuth
Near Lincoln UK

BugLife

| @JRsbugs | Post #907769 (12)

Metrosideros

Jul 21, 2015 7:53 AM CST

Name: Dave Paul
Puna, HI (Zone 10b)
Live in a rainforest, get wet feet.

Maybe a Kyllinga.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG...

| @Metrosideros | Post #908600 (13)