Cyperaceae
Snow white sedge
Cyperus niveus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- سيبرس نيفيوس
- Chinese
- 南莎草
- English
- Snow white sedge
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Justin Ponder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Antoinette Eyssell Knox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter Warren, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Chukwuma Dike, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Susan Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: LeighW, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.