Cyperaceae
Jointed flatsedge
Cyperus articulatus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- سعد مفصلي
- Bambara
- Maaja
- Bangla
- হন্ধা
- Chinese
- 节莎草
- dag
- Yiriginli
- English
- Jointed flatsedge
- French
- Souchet articulé
- Japanese
- フトイガヤツリ
- Portuguese
- Priprioca
Synonyms
- Chlorocyperus articulatus (L.) Rikli
- Chlorocyperus cordobensis Palla
- Cyperus articulatus f. longispiculosus Kük.
- Cyperus articulatus var. articulatus
- Cyperus articulatus var. conglomeratus Britton
- Cyperus articulatus var. erythrostachys Graebn.
- Cyperus articulatus var. fistulosus Kük.
- Cyperus articulatus var. multiflorus Kük.
- Cyperus articulatus var. nodosus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kük.
- Cyperus autumnalis Pursh
- Cyperus borbonicus Steud.
- Cyperus cordobensis (Palla) Hicken
- Cyperus corymbosus var. pangorei Rottb.
- Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük. ex Osten
- Cyperus corymbosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Kük. ex Osten
- Cyperus fistulosus Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler
- Cyperus gymnos Schult.
- Cyperus interceptus Steud.
- Cyperus niloticus Forssk.
- Cyperus nodosus Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Cyperus nodosus var. aphyllus Boeckeler
- Cyperus nodosus var. subnodosus (Nees & Meyen) Boeckeler
- Cyperus subarticulatus Nees & Meyen
- Cyperus subnodosus Nees & Meyen
- Papyrus pangorei Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Pau Pámies Grácia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Saint Fédriche NDZAI, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bagdane Kailas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Francisco Munguambe, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: benjamin betey Campion, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Augustin Soulard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.