Cyperaceae
Globe flatsedge
Cyperus echinatus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Globe flatsedge, Globose cyperus
Synonyms
- Cyperus ovularis (Michx.) Torr.
- Cyperus ovularis var. americanus Boeckeler
- Cyperus ovularis var. sphaericus Boeckeler
- Cyperus ovularis var. wolfii (Alph.Wood) Kük.
- Cyperus wolfii Alph.Wood
- Kyllinga ovularis Michx.
- Mariscus bracheilema Steud.
- Mariscus drummondii Steud.
- Mariscus echinatus (L.) Elliott
- Mariscus globulosus Urb.
- Mariscus ovularis (Michx.) Vahl
- Mariscus ovularis var. tenellus Torr.
- Mariscus retroflexus Willd. ex Kunth
- Mariscus rivularis Walp.
- Mariscus sphaericus Willd. ex Kunth
- Mariscus sphaerocephalus Steud.
- Schoenus umbellatus Jacq.
- Scirpus echinatus L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- 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.