Cyperaceae
Fern flatsedge
Cyperus filicinus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Cyperus filicinusCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Fern flatsedge
Synonyms
- Cyperus brizaeus Pursh
- Cyperus caespitosus Torr.
- Cyperus cleaveri Torr.
- Cyperus filicinus f. cleaveri (Torr.) Kük.
- Cyperus filicinus f. splendens Kük.
- Cyperus louisianae Steud.
- Cyperus nuttallii Eddy ex Spreng.
- Cyperus nuttallii var. minimus Alph.Wood
- Cyperus polystachyos var. cleaveri (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus polystachyos var. filicinus (Vahl) C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus tenellus Torr.
- Cyperus torreyanus Schult.
- Pycreus cleaveri (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
- Pycreus filicinus (Vahl) T.Koyama
- Torreya caespitosa Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, 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.