Cyperaceae
Hermaphrodite flatsedge
Cyperus hermaphroditus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hermaphrodite flatsedge
Synonyms
- Carex hermaphrodita Jacq.
- Carex ruizianus Boeckeler
- Cyperus alpinus Liebm.
- Cyperus hermaphroditus var. angustior (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
- Cyperus hermaphroditus var. condensatus Kük.
- Cyperus hermaphroditus var. hermaphroditus
- Cyperus hermaphroditus var. longespicatus (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Cyperus hermaphroditus var. longiradiatus (Liebm.) Kük.
- Cyperus incompletus (Jacq.) Link
- Cyperus incompletus Boeckeler
- Cyperus longespicatus Boeckeler
- Cyperus longispicatus Boeckeler
- Cyperus randuzii Boeckeler
- Cyperus randuzii var. tenuis Boeck.
- Cyperus ruizianus Boeckeler
- Cyperus sertularinus Liebm.
- Cyperus subambiguus Kük.
- Cyperus tetragonus Hemsl.
- Cyperus tonduzii Boeckeler
- Cyperus tonduzii var. tenuis (Boeck.) Kük.
- Eleocharis cyperina Roem. & Schult.
- Kobresia cyperina Willd.
- Kyllinga incompleta Jacq.
- Mariscus alpinus (Liebm.) C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus ambiguus Liebm.
- Mariscus conflexus Link
- Mariscus hermaphroditus (Jacq.) Urb.
- Mariscus jacquinii Kunth
- Mariscus jacquinii subsp. angustior C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus jacquinii var. angustior C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus longiradiatus Liebm.
- Mariscus patulus Schrad.
- Mariscus sertularinus (Liebm.) T.Koyama
- Mariscus tovarii Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

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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.