Cyperaceae
Strawcolored flatsedge
Cyperus strigosus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Cyperus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Bulgarian
- Четинеста кисела трева
- English
- Strawcolored flatsedge, False nutsedge
- French
- Souchet hispide
Synonyms
- Cyperus distans Pursh
- Cyperus enslenii Pursh
- Cyperus hansenii Britton
- Cyperus michauxianus var. elongatus Torr.
- Cyperus naguensis Britton
- Cyperus praelongatus Steud.
- Cyperus stenolepis Torr.
- Cyperus strigosus f. capitatus (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Cyperus strigosus f. capitatus S.F.Blake
- Cyperus strigosus f. praelongatus (Steud.) Kük.
- Cyperus strigosus var. capitatus Boeckeler
- Cyperus strigosus var. compositus Britton
- Cyperus strigosus var. elongatus (Torr.) Britton
- Cyperus strigosus var. hansenii (Britton) Kük.
- Cyperus strigosus var. naguensis (Britton) O'Neill
- Cyperus strigosus var. pygmaeus Gatt.
- Cyperus strigosus var. robustior Kunth
- Cyperus strigosus var. stenolepis (Torr.) Kük.
- Cyperus strigosus var. strigosus
- Mariscus praelongatus (Steud.) C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus stenolepis (Torr.) C.B.Clarke
- Mariscus strigosus (L.) C.B.Clarke
Flowers
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: anna weed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Debra Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Lindsay Gehring, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Biologiste Verret, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Joshua Carpenter, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: greg.stiffler, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.