Cyperaceae
Tapertip flatsedge
Cyperus acuminatus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- سعد مستدق الطرف
- arz
- سعد مستدق الطرف
- English
- Tapertip flatsedge
Synonyms
- Cyperus acuminatus var. cyrtolepis (Torr. & Hook.) Kük.
- Cyperus cyrtolepis Torr. & Hook.
- Cyperus cyrtolepis var. caepitosus Boeckeler
- Cyperus cyrtolepis var. denticarinatus (Britton) Britton
- Cyperus cyrtolepis var. glaucescens Boeckeler
- Cyperus rufescens var. denticarinatus Britton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.