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whitehead spikesedge
Cyperus mindorensis (Steud.) Huygh
Cyperus mindorensis, the white water sedge, is a perennial weedy grass-like sedge found across tropical and Pacific wet habitats.
Fragrant flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus L.
Cyperus odoratus is an annual sedge found widely across tropical and warm temperate regions in wet muddy habitats.
Papyrus sedge
Cyperus papyrus L.
Cyperus papyrus (papyrus) is a tall African aquatic sedge with three accepted subspecies, grown ornamentally worldwide.
Bunchy flat-sedge
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb.
Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. is a small grass-like sedge that grows across the Americas and Australia, often as a lawn weed.
Dwarf Papyrus
Cyperus prolifer Lam.
Cyperus prolifer Lam. is a native African sedge that is invasive in Florida.
Marsh flatsedge
Cyperus pseudovegetus Steud.
Cyperus pseudovegetus is a moist-soil sedge found in the southeastern US, first formally described in 1854.
Pinebarren Flatsedge
Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.
Pine barren flatsedge (Cyperus retrorsus Chapm.) is a tufted perennial sedge native to southeastern North America.
Purple nutsedge
Cyperus rotundus L.
Cyperus rotundus L., also called nut grass, is a perennial sedge with a long history of food and medicinal uses globally.
Golden Sedge
Cyperus sphaerocephalus Vahl
Cyperus sphaerocephalus is an African insect-pollinated sedge species first described by Martin Vahl in 1805.
Bearded Flatsedge
Cyperus squarrosus L.
Cyperus squarrosus is a small sedge identifiable by its small size and outward-curling awn tips.
straw-colored flatsedge
Cyperus strigosus L.
Cyperus strigosus is a common perennial weedy sedge native to North America and Cuba with introduced populations elsewhere.
tropical flatsedge
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb.
Cyperus surinamensis Rottb. is a small sedge native to the Americas, introduced to Western Australia’s Kimberley region.
Mat Sedge
Cyperus textilis Bojer, 1837
Cyperus textilis is a clump-forming Cyperus that grows 1 to 3 meters tall and resembles the common cultivated C. alternifolius.
Giant Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus ustulatus A.Rich.
Cyperus ustulatus is a New Zealand native sedge used in traditional Māori kite-making.
Bulb Baroe
Cyphia bulbosa (L.) P.J.Bergius
Cyphia bulbosa is an endemic South African geophyte with colored flowers that grows on sandy and stony slopes and flats.
Bokkie Baroe
Cyphia volubilis (Burm.f.) Willd.
Cyphia volubilis is a twining tuberous climber with bilabiate flowers, often confused with related southern Cape Cyphia species.
pink lady's slipper
Cypripedium acaule Aiton
Cypripedium acaule Aiton is a perennial eastern North American orchid that requires highly acidic soil for cultivation.
Ram's-head Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium arietinum R.Br.
Cypripedium arietinum is a small declining North American perennial orchid that finds refuge on Anticosti Island.
Lady's-slipper
Cypripedium calceolus L.
Cypripedium calceolus L. is Europe’s largest-flowered orchid, widespread across Eurasia in open woodland habitats.
California Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium californicum A.Gray
Cypripedium californicum A.Gray is a multi-flowered orchid native to restricted mountain habitats of the US Pacific Northwest.
small white lady's-slipper
Cypripedium candidum Muhl. ex Willd.
Cypripedium candidum is a small North American perennial slipper orchid that grows in alkaline calcareous wetlands across central North America.
Spotted Lady's Slipper
Cypripedium guttatum Sw.
Cypripedium guttatum, the spotted or Alaskan lady's slipper, is a three-continent orchid species pollinated by Lasioglossum bees.
large-flowered cypripedium
Cypripedium macranthos Sw.
Cypripedium macranthos Sw. is a widespread herbaceous orchid species native to temperate East Asia and parts of Russia.
mountain lady's-slipper
Cypripedium montanum Douglas ex Lindl.
Cypripedium montanum is a tall orchid found in northwestern North America, distinguished by its white flower pouch.
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