Mutis' flatsedge

Common names

Synonyms

• Cyperus asper (Liebm.) O'Neill
• Cyperus compressotriqueter Boeckeler
• Cyperus ehrenbergianus Boeckeler
• Cyperus martinicensis Boeckeler
• Cyperus mutisii var. asper (Liebm.) Kük.
• Cyperus mutisii var. contractus Kük.
• Cyperus mutisii var. ehrenbergianus (Boeckeler) Kük.
• Cyperus mutisii var. fuscisquamatus Kük.
• Cyperus mutisii var. martinicensis (Boeckeler) Kük.
• Cyperus mutisii var. mutisii
• Cyperus mutisii var. semitribrachiatus (Boeckeler) Kük.
• Cyperus ochreatus Boeckeler
• Cyperus semitribrachiatus Boeckeler
• Mariscus asper Liebm.
• Mariscus ehrenbergianus (Boeckeler) C.B.Clarke
• Mariscus karwinskianus Kunth
• Mariscus mexicanus Steud.
• Mariscus micans Nees
• Mariscus mutisii Kunth
• Mariscus oaxacensis Steud.
• Mariscus poeppigianus Kunth

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native

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