Cyperaceae
Slender fimbry
Fimbristylis autumnalis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Fimbristylis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 秋飄拂草, 秋飘拂草, 武功山秋飘拂草, 武功山飘拂草
- English
- Slender fimbry, Slender fingerush
- French
- Fimbristyle d'automne
- Japanese
- ヒメヒラテンツキ
Synonyms
- Fimbristylis autumnalis f. autumnalis
- Fimbristylis autumnalis f. brachyactis (Fernald) S.F.Blake
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. autumnalis
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. gracilis (Kunth) Kük.
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. mucronulata (Michx.) Fernald
- Fimbristylis firmula Steud.
- Fimbristylis frankii Steud.
- Fimbristylis frankii f. brachyactis Fernald
- Fimbristylis frankii var. brachyactis Fernald
- Fimbristylis geminata Kunth
- Fimbristylis leptostachya Steud.
- Fimbristylis microstachya Steud.
- Fimbristylis mucronulata (Michx.) S.F.Blake
- Fimbristylis tenuis Roem. & Schult.
- Fimbristylis wukungshanensis Tang & F.T.Wang
- Iria autumnalis (L.) Kuntze
- Iria autumnalis var. caespitosa Kuntze
- Iria autumnalis var. geminata (Kunth) Farw.
- Iria gracilis Kuntze
- Isolepis autumnalis (L.) J.Presl & C.Presl
- Isolepis gracilis Kunth
- Scirpus autumnalis L.
- Scirpus castaneus Willd. ex Kunth
- Scirpus gracilis Kunth
- Scirpus gracilis Willd. ex Kunth
- Scirpus michauxii Pers.
- Scirpus mucronulatus Michx.
- Trichelostylis autumnalis (L.) Nees
- Trichelostylis autumnalis (L.) Chapm.
- Trichelostylis borealis Wood
- Trichelostylis geminata (Kunth) Nees
- Trichelostylis mucronulata (Michx.) Torr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Derek, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 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.