Slender flatsedge

Common names

Synonyms

• Chlorocyperus rivularis (Kunth) Rikli
• Cyperus angustifolius A.Dietr.
• Cyperus argentinus C.B.Clarke
• Cyperus bicolor Barton
• Cyperus bigelowii Steud.
• Cyperus bipartitus f. elongatus (Boeckeler) Mohlenbr.
• Cyperus bipartitus f. elutus (C.B.Clarke) Mohlenbr.
• Cyperus castaneus Bigelow
• Cyperus diandrus var. bipartitus (Torr.) Kük.
• Cyperus diandrus var. castaneus (Pursh) Torr.
• Cyperus flavescens var. bicolor Farw.
• Cyperus flavescens var. castaneus Pursh
• Cyperus lagunetto Steud.
• Cyperus niger var. rivularis (Kunth) V.E.Grant
• Cyperus pauper Phil.
• Cyperus rivularis Kunth
• Cyperus rivularis f. acutatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
• Cyperus rivularis f. depauperatus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
• Cyperus rivularis f. elutus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
• Cyperus rivularis f. subacaulis Kük.
• Cyperus rivularis subsp. lagunetto (Steud.) Kük.
• Cyperus rivularis var. acutatus C.B.Clarke
• Cyperus rivularis var. depauperatus C.B.Clarke
• Cyperus rivularis var. elongatus Boeckeler
• Cyperus rivularis var. elutus C.B.Clarke
• Cyperus rivularis var. lagunetto (Steud.) O'Neill
• Cyperus tenuiculus Kunth
• Pycreus bipartitus (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
• Pycreus lagunetto (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
• Pycreus rivularis (Kunth) Palla

Flowers

Flower colour

green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Annual

In the US and Canada

Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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