Cyperaceae
Shortbeak beaksedge
Rhynchospora nitens
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shortbeak beaksedge
Synonyms
- Dichostylis nitens Rikli
- Dichromena nitens (Vahl) Kunth
- Isolepis nitens (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
- Psilocarya nitens (Vahl) Alph.Wood
- Psilocarya portoricensis Britton
- Psilocarya rhynchosporoides Torr.
- Psilocarya texensis Torr.
- Rhynchospora nitens var. hispaniolica Kük.
- Rhynchospora nitens var. nitens
- Rhynchospora texensis (Torr.) Boeckeler
- Scirpus carolinianus Panz. ex Kunth
- Scirpus nitens Vahl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mark-groeneveld, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alan Weakley, CC0, 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.