Cyperaceae
Yefen
Fuirena umbellata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Fuirena
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 河豚子, 芙兰草, 芙蘭草, 黑珠蒿
- English
- Yefen
Synonyms
- Fuirena appendiculata Peter
- Fuirena brachylepis Peter
- Fuirena brasiliensis Palla
- Fuirena brasiliensis Raddi
- Fuirena canescens Vahl
- Fuirena capitata Willd. ex Kunth
- Fuirena complotricha C.Wright
- Fuirena glomerata Lam.
- Fuirena guianensis Klotzsch
- Fuirena haemaglottis Steud.
- Fuirena hildebrandtii Boeckeler
- Fuirena mahouxii Cherm.
- Fuirena mauritiana Nees ex Kunth
- Fuirena mauritiana Nees
- Fuirena mauritiana var. angustifolia Kunth
- Fuirena multiflora Peter
- Fuirena paniculata L.f.
- Fuirena pentagona Wight & Arn. ex Nees
- Fuirena pentagona Schumach.
- Fuirena philippinensis Gand.
- Fuirena quinguangularis Hassk.
- Fuirena rivularis Nees
- Fuirena seriata C.B.Clarke
- Fuirena tereticulmis J.Presl & C.Presl
- Fuirena thouarsiana Kunth
- Fuirena umbellata var. americana H.Pfeiff.
- Fuirena umbellata var. pilosa Domin
- Fuirena umbellata var. typica Domin
- Fuirena umbellata var. unguiculata Kük.
- Scirpus fuirena T.Koyama
- Scirpus rivularis D.Don. ex Nees
- Scirpus umbellatus (Rottb.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: saschaantipine, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.