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Cyperus echinatus
Also called Teasel Sedge, Globose Cyperus
Globe flatsedge is a small annual sedge native to the eastern United States and southern Mexico, growing in sunny, moist to wet places such as stream banks, ditches and field edges. It is a weed of wet ground rather than a common garden plant, so it is mainly grown for interest or wetland restoration.
Cyperus echinatus, commonly called globe flatsedge, is a species of plant in the sedge family. It is native to much of the eastern United States, primarily in the lower Mississippi Valley and the lowland plain east of the southern Appalachians, with scattered populations in Florida and as far north as Wisconsin and the Adirondacks. Additional isolated populations occur in southern Mexico. It is found in a variety of sunny, often mesic habitats.
Tapertip flatsedge · Umbrella Sedge · Jointed flatsedge · Slender flatsedge · Mullumbimby Couch · Cyperus bulbosus · Variable flatsedge · Piedmont flatsedge · Tall flatsedge · Yellow nutsedge · Haspan flatsedge · Smooth flatsedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus echinatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
