Cyperaceae
Finger flatsedge
Cyperus digitatus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 恆春莎草, 恒春莎草, 長小穗莎草, 长小穗莎草
- English
- Finger flatsedge, Finger flatsegde
- French
- Souchet Digité
- Ganda
- Chang xiao sui suo cao, Digitate cyperus, Finger flatsedge, Red-root flatsedge
- Hausa
- Gizgiri
Synonyms
- Cyperus digitatus var. digitatus
- Cyperus digitatus var. oatesi (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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: Daniel Patterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Erwin Sieben, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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.