Cyperaceae
Piedmont flatsedge
Cyperus distans
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 疏穗莎草, 垂穗莎草, 落滥草
- English
- Piedmont flatsedge, Slender cyperus, Slender Sedge, Slender cyperus, Piedmont flatsedge
Synonyms
- Cyperus densiflorus Hemsl.
- Cyperus distans f. capillarioides Kük.
- Cyperus distans f. pachyanthos Kük.
- Cyperus distans f. pallidior Kük.
- Cyperus distans subsp. distans
- Cyperus distans subsp. longibracteatus (Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus distans var. crassispiculosus R.Gross & Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. densiflorus Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. mucronatus Berhaut
- Cyperus distans var. niger C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus distans var. pseudonutans Kük.
- Cyperus distans var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Lye
- Cyperus elatus Rottb.
- Cyperus graminicola Steud.
- Cyperus keniaeensis Kük.
- Cyperus keniensis Kük.
- Cyperus kurrii Steud.
- Cyperus laxus Vahl
- Cyperus longibracteatus (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. niger (C.B.Clarke) Lye
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus longibracteatus var. subdistans Kük.
- Cyperus nutans Sieber ex C.Presl
- Cyperus psilostachys Steud.
- Cyperus purpureovaginatus Boeckeler
- Cyperus rubrotinctus (Cherm.) Kük.
- Cyperus schraderianus Mart. ex Steud.
- Cyperus squamulatus Steud.
- Mariscus bojeri C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus keniensis (Kük.) S.S.Hooper
- Mariscus longibracteatus Cherm.
- Mariscus longibracteatus var. keniensis (Kük.) Maquet
- Mariscus rubrotinctus Cherm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. O. Gardner, CC BY 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.