Cyperaceae
Alabama swamp flatsedge
Cyperus ligularis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- سايبروس ليجولاريس
- English
- Alabama swamp flatsedge
Synonyms
- Cyperus callophorus G.Mey.
- Cyperus coriaceus (G.Mey.) Schrad. ex Nees
- Cyperus coriaceus Schrad.
- Cyperus dissolutus Kunth
- Cyperus glandulosus (Bojer) Rolfe
- Cyperus glaucoviridis Boeckeler
- Cyperus ligularis var. spicatocapitatus (Steud.) Kük.
- Cyperus punctatifolius Steud.
- Cyperus rionensis Boeckeler
- Cyperus rufus Kunth
- Cyperus sintenisii Boeckeler
- Cyperus spicato-rapitatus Steud.
- Cyperus thyrsiflorus Boeckeler
- Cyperus trigonus Boeckeler
- Cyperus ubertus Willd. ex Link
- Cyperus vulnerans Salzm. ex Schltdl.
- Mariscus coriaceus G.Mey.
- Mariscus dissolutus (Kunth) T.Koyama
- Mariscus glandulosus Bojer
- Mariscus ligularis (L.) Urb.
- Mariscus rufus Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: xsony, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.