Cyperaceae
Foxtail flatsedge
Cyperus alopecuroides
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- سعد ثعلبي, سمار, سمار حلو, علوب, كرش
- English
- Foxtail flatsedge, Fostail sedge, Matsedge
- Hebrew
- גומא צפוף
- Polish
- Cibora wyczyńcowata
Synonyms
- Chlorocyperus alopecuroides (Rottb.) Grossh.
- Cyperus alopecuroides f. latifolius Peter ex Kük.
- Cyperus alopecuroides f. pallidiflorus (Peter) Kük.
- Cyperus alopecuroides var. digynus Boeckeler
- Cyperus bidentatus Poir.
- Cyperus compositus R.Br.
- Cyperus exaltatus var. digynus (Boeckeler) F.N.Williams
- Cyperus fastigiatus Forssk.
- Cyperus glaucus Willd. ex Kunth
- Cyperus glomeratus Willd.
- Cyperus poiretii Roem. & Schult.
- Juncellus alopecuroides (Rottb.) C.B.Clarke
- Juncellus pallidiflorus Peter
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.