Cyperaceae
Puerto Rico fimbry
Fimbristylis complanata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Fimbristylis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 扁鞘飘拂草, 野飄拂草, 扁鞘飄拂草, 水虱草, 矮扁鞘飘拂草, 野飘拂草, 矮扁鞘飄拂草
- English
- Puerto Rico fimbry
Synonyms
- Cyperus amentaceus Rudge
- Cyperus anceps Steud.
- Cyperus complanatus (Retz.) Willd.
- Fimbristylis amblyphylla Steud.
- Fimbristylis anceps Steud.
- Fimbristylis autumnalis f. hemisphaerica Kük.
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Kük.
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. complanata (Retz.) Barros
- Fimbristylis bequaertii De Wild.
- Fimbristylis boeckeleri Steud.
- Fimbristylis complanata f. exaltata T.Koyama
- Fimbristylis complanata subsp. keniaeensis (Kük.) Lye
- Fimbristylis complanata var. exaltata (T.Koyama) Y.C.Tang ex S.R.Zhang & T.Koyama
- Fimbristylis complanata var. keniaeensis (Kük.) Lye
- Fimbristylis complanata var. macrocarya Domin
- Fimbristylis conferta A.Rich.
- Fimbristylis cylindrostachya Steud.
- Fimbristylis exaltata (T.Koyama) Y.F.Deng
- Fimbristylis keniaeensis Kük.
- Fimbristylis kielmaieri Steud.
- Fimbristylis obscura Fernald
- Fimbristylis rudgeana (Nees) Steud.
- Fimbristylis scabra (Nees) Kunth
- Isolepis anceps A.Dietr.
- Isolepis complanata (Retz.) Roem. & Schult.
- Isolepis willdenowii Roem. & Schult.
- Scirpus amentaceus (Rudge) Griseb.
- Scirpus anceps Willd.
- Scirpus complanatus Retz.
- Scirpus kielmeyeri G.W.Schimp. ex Steud.
- Trichelostylis complanata (Retz.) Nees
- Trichelostylis kielmeyeri Nees ex Boeckeler
- Trichelostylis rudgeana Nees
- Trichelostylis scabra Nees
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Erwin Sieben, CC0, 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.