Cyperaceae
Foothill flatsedge
Cyperus amabilis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Cyperus amabilisCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Foothill flatsedge
Synonyms
- Cyperus amabilis var. amabilis
- Cyperus amabilis var. macra C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus amabilis var. macrostachyus (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Cyperus amabilis var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Kük.
- Cyperus amabilis var. subacaulis Kük.
- Cyperus anisostachyos Willd. ex Kunth
- Cyperus aurantiacus Kunth
- Cyperus aureus Kunth
- Cyperus aureus var. aurantiacus (Kunth) Boeckeler
- Cyperus aureus var. macrostachyus Boeckeler
- Cyperus aureus var. oligostachyus (Kunth) Boeckeler
- Cyperus brachyphyllus Willd. ex Link
- Cyperus glareosus Liebm.
- Cyperus guadalajaranus M.E.Jones
- Cyperus lepidus Hochst. ex Steud.
- Cyperus microstachyus Vahl
- Cyperus muelleri Boeckeler
- Cyperus oligostachyus Kunth
- Cyperus quitensis Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.