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Cyperus mindorensis
Also called White Kyllinga, White Water Sedge, Whitehead Spikesedge
In Singapore: White Kyllinga, Whitehead Spikesedge, White Water Sedge, 单穗水蜈蚣 (Native to Singapore, Least Concern)
Cyperus mindorensis, the white water sedge, is a grass-like perennial sedge that spreads by rhizomes and is usually treated as a weed of wet ground rather than a cultivated plant. It grows best in wet, sunny or lightly shaded sites.
Cyperus mindorensis, commonly known as the white water sedge, is a species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is a grass-like plant in the large genus Cyperus and is distributed across the Old World Tropics, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. This species typically grows in wet habitats and is often considered a weed rather than a cultivated plant.
Cyperus mindorensis is a perennial sedge that grows up to 0.6 m tall. It has a creeping growth habit and spreads through a long rhizome (underground horizontal stem), which produces flowering stems either in tufts or singly.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus mindorensis 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.
