Cyperaceae
Coastal plain flatsedge
Cyperus cuspidatus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 長尖莎草, 长尖莎草, 碎米香附
- English
- Coastal plain flatsedge
- Ganda
- Coastal plain slatsegdege
Synonyms
- Cyperus angustifolius Schumach.
- Cyperus angustifolius Buch.-Ham. ex Nees
- Cyperus capitatus Retz.
- Cyperus contractus Steud.
- Cyperus cuspidatus f. angustifolius Kük.
- Cyperus cuspidatus f. exiguus (Nees) Kük.
- Cyperus cuspidatus var. burchellii C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus exiguus Nees
- Cyperus gratus C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus hamatus Schrad. ex Nees
- Cyperus hamulatus Kunth
- Cyperus recurvatus Willd. ex Kunth
- Cyperus recurvus Vahl
- Cyperus salzmannii Steud.
- Cyperus setifolius D.Don
- Cyperus solutus Steud.
- Cyperus uncinatus Poir.
- Cyperus uncinatus var. gratus (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
- Cyperus waterlotii Cherm.
- Dichostylis cuspidata (Kunth) Palla
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.