Cyperaceae
Bentawn flatsedge
Cyperus reflexus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Bentawn flatsedge
- Swedish
- Bollag
Synonyms
- Cyperus arenicola Steud.
- Cyperus baazas Steud.
- Cyperus brazas Boeckeler
- Cyperus cyrtolepis var. arenicola (Steud.) Boeckeler
- Cyperus fernandezianus Colla
- Cyperus fraternus Kunth
- Cyperus haematostachys Steud.
- Cyperus herteri Kük. ex Osten
- Cyperus juncoides Regel
- Cyperus pseudovegetus var. arenicola (Steud.) Kük.
- Cyperus reflexus f. anterna C.B.Clarke
- Cyperus reflexus f. capitata Osten
- Cyperus reflexus f. evoluta Osten
- Cyperus reflexus f. major Maury
- Cyperus reflexus subf. flaccida Osten
- Cyperus reflexus subf. glauco-virens Osten
- Cyperus reflexus var. fraternus (Kunth) Kuntze
- Cyperus reflexus var. genuina Osten
- Cyperus reflexus var. macrostachys Boeckeler
- Cyperus reflexus var. macrostachys Boeck.
- Cyperus reflexus var. reflexus
- Cyperus rufescens Torr. & Hook.
- Cyperus sellowii Link
- Cyperus sparteus Schrad. ex Nees
- Cyperus virens var. arenicola (Steud.) Shinners
- Pycreus fernandezianus C.B.Clarke
Flowers
- In flower
- December (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Florencia Grattarola, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roderick Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agustina Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Agustina Medina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: akt2, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Seba Fernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lucas Carbone, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.