🌿 Family

Cyperaceae

585 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Cyperaceae

Georgia bulrush (Scirpus georgianus) is a Cyperaceae flowering plant found in eastern North America’s seasonally flooded wet fields.

Eriophorum chamissonis C.A.Mey. is a flowering Cyperaceae plant native from Subarctic regions to Western Central USA.

Eriophorum tenellum Nutt. is a perennial obligate wetland herb native to eastern North America that blooms in June.

Scleria ciliata Michx. is a grass-like plant native to the southeastern United States that grows in pinelands and thickets.

Scleria oligantha Michx. is a tufted plant found across parts of the US, Mexico, and Central America, growing in a range of moist to dry habitats.

Scleria pauciflora is a common Cyperaceae plant native to parts of North America and Cuba, with rare populations at the northern edge of its range.

Chorizandra cymbaria R.Br. is a tufted perennial sedge with purple flowers that grows in damp areas of southeastern and southwestern Australia.

Chorizandra enodis is a native Australian sedge that grows in coastal Western Australian wet areas.

Hypolytrum nemorum is an erect woody-rhizomatous perennial that grows 60–110 cm tall and flowers year-round.

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