🌿 Family

Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

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Carex nigricans C.A.Mey.

Carex nigricans is a North American wet-habitat sedge growing to 30 cm tall with dark floral features.

Carex capitata Sol.

Carex capitata Sol. is a small clumping sedge that reproduces by seed and rhizomes, with narrow rolled leaves and small short inflorescences.

Carex microglochin Wahlenb.

Carex microglochin is a flowering sedge species native to temperate and subarctic regions across multiple continents, with unknown origin hemisphere.

Carex obtusata Lilj.

Obtuse sedge, Carex obtusata Lilj., is a native Canadian sedge species in the large genus Carex.

Carex rupestris All.

Carex rupestris All. is an arctic-alpine sedge with a single terminal spike, found at high altitudes, with a subspecies unique to Russia's Altai Republic.

Carex peregrina Link

Carex peregrina is a disjunctly distributed Cyperaceae sedge found in Atlantic islands and East African mountains.

Carex curvula All.

Carex curvula All. is a clonal flowering plant native to mountain areas of Europe, now extinct in Germany.

Carex multicaulis L.H.Bailey

Carex multicaulis is a reedlike sedge that prefers dry, well-drained shaded soils.

Carex backii Boott

Carex backii Boott is a small sedge with colored narrow leaves, usually bearing a single bractless terminal spike inflorescence.

Carex basiantha Steud.

Carex basiantha is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to temperate south-central and southeastern US.

Carex megalepis K.A.Ford

Carex megalepis K.A.Ford is a perennial sedge in Cyperaceae that is native to New Zealand’s North and South Islands.

Carex zotovii (Hamlin) K.A.Ford

Carex zotovii is a perennial Cyperaceae sedge native to New Zealand's North and South Islands.

Cyperus acuminatus Torr. & Hook.

Cyperus acuminatus, tapertip flatsedge, is a North American native annual sedge that grows in wet areas.

Cyperus laevigatus L.

Cyperus laevigatus is a widespread perennial sedge of tropical and subtropical wet saline and alkaline habitats.

Cyperus dubius Rottb.

Cyperus dubius Rottb. is a clustered perennial herb native to regions across Africa and South and Southeast Asia.

Cyperus filiculmis Vahl

Cyperus filiculmis Vahl is a North American native sedge species first formally described by Martin Vahl in 1805.

Cyperus aggregatus (Willd.) Endl.

Inflatedscale flatsedge (Cyperus aggregatus) is a sedge species native to tropical and subtropical Americas.

Cyperus articulatus L.

Cyperus articulatus (priprioca) is an Amazonian aromatic plant with traditional and commercial uses. It has known cautions for pregnant people.

Cyperus diandrus Torr.

Cyperus diandrus Torr. is an annual tufted sedge native to northeastern North America, growing on shorelines from July to October.

Cyperus elegans L.

Cyperus elegans, royal flatsedge, is a Cyperus sedge species originating from Central and South America.

Cyperus entrerianus Boeckeler

Cyperus entrerianus, the woodrush flatsedge, is a sedge native to parts of the Americas, formally described in 1878 by Boeckeler.

Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckeler

Cyperus fendlerianus is an endemic North American sedge first described by Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1868.

Cyperus giganteus Vahl

Cyperus giganteus Vahl is a plant that resembles common papyrus, has a smaller umbel, and grows up to 4.5 m tall.

Cyperus houghtonii Torr.

Cyperus houghtonii is a rare hybrid North American sedge that grows in dry sandy habitats.

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