Cyperaceae
Yerba de estrella
Rhynchospora nervosa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yerba de estrella
Synonyms
- Dichromena ciliata var. vahliana C.B.Clarke
- Dichromena humboldtiana F.Dietr.
- Dichromena nervosa Vahl
- Dichromena pilosa Spreng.
- Dichromena tenuifolia (Kunth) Spreng.
- Rhynchospora exigua Boeckeler
- Rhynchospora humboldtiana (Nees) Griseb.
- Rhynchospora nervosa subsp. nervosa
- Rhynchospora nervosa var. tenuifolia (Kunth) H.Pfeiff.
- Schoenus tenuifolius Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Photos
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Annaclara 1123, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.