Cyperaceae
Brown galingale
Cyperus fuscus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- سعد بني
- arz
- سعد بنى
- Belarusian
- Сыць чорна-бурая
- Bulgarian
- Кафяв циперус
- Catalan
- Souchet Brun
- Chinese
- 褐穗莎草, 北莎草, 穇穗莎草, 绿白穗莎草
- Czech
- Šáchor hnědý
- Dutch
- Bruin cypergras
- English
- Brown galingale, Brown flatsedge
- Estonian
- Pruun lõikhein
- French
- Souchet brun
- German
- Braunes Zypergras, Schwarzbraunes Zypergras, Souchet Brun
- hsb
- Brunojty cachor
- Latvian
- Brūnais dižmeldrs
- Lithuanian
- Rudoji viksvuolė, Souchet Brun
- Polish
- Cibora brunatna
- Romanian
- Căprișor
- Russian
- Сыть чёрнобурая, Сыть бурая
- Swedish
- Dvärgag, Souchet Brun
- Welsh
- Ysnoden-Fair lwytgoch
Synonyms
- Cyperus calidus A.Kern.
- Cyperus compressus Krock.
- Cyperus forskaolii A.Dietr.
- Cyperus fuscus f. calidus (A.Kern.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Cyperus fuscus f. fuscus
- Cyperus fuscus f. serotinus Bolzon
- Cyperus fuscus f. virescens (Hoffm.) Vahl
- Cyperus fuscus subsp. virescens (Hoffm.) K.Richt.
- Cyperus fuscus subsp. virescens (Hoffm.) Arcang.
- Cyperus fuscus var. condensatus Kük.
- Cyperus fuscus var. nigricans Neilr.
- Cyperus fuscus var. pallescens Husn.
- Cyperus fuscus var. subjuncellus Kük.
- Cyperus fuscus var. virescens (Hoffm.) Schrad.
- Cyperus fuscus var. virescens (Hoffm.) Vahl
- Cyperus fuscus var. viridescens Hoffm.
- Cyperus fuscus var. vulgaris Schrad.
- Cyperus haworthii Gray
- Cyperus protractus Delile
- Cyperus sabaudus Billet ex Gave
- Cyperus virescens Hoffm.
- Cyperus viridis Krock.
- Eucyperus fuscus (L.) Rikli
Flowers
- In flower
- July to October (from 135 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zinogre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ondřej Křivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Fice, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yuri Sofronov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Юлия, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernd Sauerwein, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.