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Fendler's flatsedge

Cyperus fendlerianus

Also called Fendler Flat Sedge, Fendler Flatsedge, Fendler's Nutgrass

Fendler's flatsedge
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
WC. U.S.A. to Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Cyperus fendlerianus is a species of sedge that is endemic to the southern parts of North America.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1868.

Other Cyperus plants

Cyperus absconditicoronatus · Cyperus acholiensis · Tapertip flatsedge · Cyperus afroalpinus · Cyperus afrodunensis · Cyperus afromontanus · Cyperus afrovaricus · Inflatedscale flatsedge · Cyperus ajax · Cyperus alaticaulis · Cyperus albopilosus · Cyperus albopurpureus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus fendlerianus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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