Cyperaceae
Vahl's fimbry
Fimbristylis vahlii
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Fimbristylis
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Fimbristylis vahliiCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Vahl's fimbry
Synonyms
- Dichostylis congesta (Torr.) Palla
- Fimbristylis apus (A.Gray) S.Watson
- Fimbristylis breviculmis Boeckeler
- Fimbristylis congesta Torr.
- Fimbristylis vahlii var. subacaulis (Steud.) Boeckeler
- Fimbristylis vincentii Steud.
- Iria apus (A.Gray) Kuntze
- Iria vahlii (Lam.) Kuntze
- Isolepis hartmannii Steud.
- Isolepis subacaulis Steud.
- Isolepis vahlii (Lam.) Kunth
- Isolepis vincentii Steud.
- Kyllinga pumila var. elatior Boeckeler
- Scirpus apus A.Gray
- Scirpus trichophyllus Willd. ex Kunth
- Scirpus vahlii Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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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.