Plants — 23,508 Species

Poorland Flatsedge

Cyperus compressus L.

Cyperus compressus L. is an annual pantropical sedge with a wide distribution across tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Purple Umbrella Sedge

Cyperus congestus Vahl

Cyperus congestus Vahl is a perennial sedge native to southern Africa that is a naturalized weed in Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.

Baldwin's Flatsedge

Cyperus croceus Vahl

Baldwin's flatsedge (Cyperus croceus Vahl) is an American sedge species that grows in moist semi-tropical fluvial areas.

Pacific island flatsedge

Cyperus cyperoides (L.) Kuntze

toothed flatsedge

Cyperus dentatus Torr.

Cyperus dentatus (bulblet sedge) is a perennial North American sedge that reproduces both sexually and asexually via bulblets.

Variable Flatsedge

Cyperus difformis L.

Cyperus difformis is an annual sedge native to Eurasia, Africa and Australia, often a minor weed of rice fields.

Slender cyperus

Cyperus distans L.f.

Cyperus distans, or slender cyperus, is a sedge species native to tropical and subtropical wetlands across many global regions.

Fig Sedge

Cyperus dives Delile

Cyperus dives Delile is a Least Concern sedge found across parts of Africa and western to southeastern Asia.

Globe Flatsedge

Cyperus echinatus (L.) Alph.Wood

Cyperus echinatus is a sedge species native primarily to eastern US with scattered and isolated populations elsewhere.

tall flatsedge

Cyperus eragrostis Lam.

Cyperus eragrostis is a tufted sedge, native to South America, that is often invasive outside its native range.

redroot flatsedge

Cyperus erythrorhizos Muhl.

Cyperus erythrorhizos is an annual North American wetland sedge with red fibrous roots, flowering from July to December.

yellow nutsedge

Cyperus esculentus L.

Cyperus esculentus, or tiger nut, is a sedge grown for its edible tubers, used in many food products worldwide.

Yellow Flatsedge

Cyperus flavescens L.

Yellow flatsedge (Cyperus flavescens L.) is a cosmopolitan flowering plant in the Cyperaceae family.

Brown Flatsedge

Cyperus fuscus L.

Cyperus fuscus L. is an annual herb native to Eurasia and North Africa, naturalized in scattered parts of North America, growing in wet, damp habitats.

Slender Flat-sedge

Cyperus gracilis R.Br.

Cyperus gracilis is an Australian sedge species with common names slender flat sedge and slimjim flatsedge, now naturalized in several regions worldwide.

Spiny Sedge

Cyperus gymnocaulos Steud.

Cyperus gymnocaulos Steud. is a tufted perennial sedge native to mainland Australia, sometimes used by First Nations peoples for net making.

Haspan Flatsedge

Cyperus haspan L.

Cyperus haspan L. is a tufted perennial sedge with two recognised subspecies, found in wet Kimberley, Western Australia.

Imbricate Galingale

Cyperus imbricatus Retz.

Cyperus imbricatus Retz. (shingle flatsedge) is a perennial rhizomatous pantropical sedge that acts as an agricultural and environmental weed.

Rice flat-sedge

Cyperus iria L.

Cyperus iria L., commonly called rice flat sedge, is a worldwide tufted sedge that grows as a weed in rice paddies.

Javanese Flatsedge

Cyperus javanicus Houtt.

Cyperus javanicus Houtt. is a glaucous perennial tufted sedge native to Australia and nearby islands, introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands.

Swamp Flatsedge

Cyperus ligularis L.

Cyperus ligularis (Alabama swamp flatsedge) is a sedge species native to the Americas and east African coast.

Sweet Galingale

Cyperus longus L.

Cyperus longus L. is a widespread wetland plant with traditional uses and current ornamental cultivation.

Great Plains Flatsedge

Cyperus lupulinus (Biehler) Marcks

Cyperus lupulinus is a small perennial herb that spreads via underground rhizomes and produces roughly spherical spike clusters.

Asian Flatsedge

Cyperus microiria Steud.

Cyperus microiria, or Asian flatsedge, is an Asian sedge formally described by Steudel in 1854, ranging from the Himalayas to Japan.