Cyperaceae
Cyperus lupulinus (Biehler) Marcks
Cyperus lupulinus (Biehler) Marcks
Cyperus lupulinus is a small perennial herb that spreads via underground rhizomes and produces roughly spherical spike clusters.
Cyperus microiria Steud.
Cyperus microiria Steud.
Cyperus microiria, or Asian flatsedge, is an Asian sedge formally described by Steudel in 1854, ranging from the Himalayas to Japan.
Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh
Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh
Cyperus mindorensis, the white water sedge, is a perennial weedy grass-like sedge found across tropical and Pacific wet habitats.
Cyperus odoratus L.
Cyperus odoratus L.
Cyperus odoratus is an annual sedge found widely across tropical and warm temperate regions in wet muddy habitats.
Cyperus papyrus L.
Cyperus papyrus L.
Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) is a tall African aquatic sedge with three accepted subspecies, grown ornamentally worldwide.
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. is a small grass-like sedge that grows across the Americas and Australia, often as a lawn weed.
Cyperus prolifer Lam.
Cyperus prolifer Lam.
Cyperus prolifer Lam. is a native African sedge that is invasive in Florida.
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
Cyperus pseudovegetus is a moist-soil sedge found in the southeastern US, first formally described in 1854.
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.
Pine barren flatsedge (Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.) is a tufted perennial sedge native to southeastern North America.
Cyperus rotundus L.
Cyperus rotundus L.
Cyperus rotundus L., also called nut grass, is a perennial sedge with a long history of food and medicinal uses globally.
Cyperus sphaerocephalus Vahl
Cyperus sphaerocephalus Vahl
Cyperus sphaerocephalus is an African insect-pollinated sedge species first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.
Cyperus squarrosus L.
Cyperus squarrosus L.
Cyperus squarrosus is a small sedge identifiable by its small size and outward-curling awn tips.
Cyperus strigosus L.
Cyperus strigosus L.
Cyperus strigosus is a common perennial weedy sedge native to North America and Cuba with introduced populations elsewhere.
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb.
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb.
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb. is a small sedge native to the Americas, introduced to Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Cyperus textilis Bojer, 1837
Cyperus textilis Bojer, 1837
Cyperus textilis is a clump-forming Cyperus that grows 1 to 3 meters tall and resembles the common cultivated C. alternifolius.
Cyperus ustulatus A.Rich.
Cyperus ustulatus A.Rich.
Cyperus ustulatus is a New Zealand native sedge used in traditional Māori kite-making.
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton
Dulichium arundinaceum (L.) Britton
Dulichium arundinaceum, or threeway sedge, is the only species in the monotypic sedge genus Dulichium, native to North American aquatic habitats.
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis acicularis, or needle spikerush, is a widespread aquatic spikesedge sold commercially for aquascapes.
Eleocharis acuta R.Br.
Eleocharis acuta R.Br.
Eleocharis acuta R.Br. is a rhizomatous grass-like sedge widely distributed across Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and Norfolk Island, with commercial wetland uses.
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis geniculata is a widespread annual wetland spikesedge with common names bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge.
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis interstincta (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis interstincta is a rhizomatous herb with 40 - 90 cm tall terete stems, membranous sheaths, 1.5 - 5.5 cm long cylindrical spikelets, and obovoid yellow, ocher, or gray achenes.
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
Eleocharis obtusa, blunt spikerush, is an annual spikesedge widespread across Canada and the US in wet areas.
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis ovata (Roth) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis ovata (ovate spikerush) is an annual self-supporting sedge that grows up to 1.5 feet tall.
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Eleocharis palustris is a variable, mat-forming perennial wetland flowering plant in the sedge family with a broad Northern Hemisphere distribution.
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