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wiry flatsedge

Scientific Name: Cyperus filiformis

Family: Cyperaceae

Category: Monocot

Growth: Graminoid

Duration: Perennial

Other Names:

       

Wiry Flatsedge (Cyperus filiformis)

Cyperus filiformis, commonly known as Wiry Flatsedge, is a plant belonging to the Cyperaceae family. This plant is also referred to as Florida Flatsedge in some instances.

Considerations for Pets

  • This plant belongs to the Cyperaceae family, a family of plants that includes sedges.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Cyperus filiformis Sw.
  • Common Name: Wiry Flatsedge
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Synonyms:
    • Torulinium filiforme (Swartz) CBClarke, 1900
    • Cyperus filiformis f. filifolius
    • Cyperus filiformis f. robustior
    • Cyperus filiformis f. subfilifolius
  • Taxonomic Status: Accepted
  • ITIS TSN: 39924

Distribution and Habitat

  • The Wiry Flatsedge can be found in Pine rockland in Ludlam Pineland Preserve, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.
  • Native to South America, specifically Venezuela and the southern Caribbean basin.

Morphological Characteristics

  • Culms are slender, wiry, 3-sided, and glabrous.
  • Leaves have blades folded together lengthwise or are flat.
  • Leaf blades are 2 to 18 inches long and 1/25 to 1/7 inch wide.
  • Has Wiry, thin, long, more or less horizontal, fibrous creeping rhizomes with Long wiry rhizomes with elliptical tubers or nuts.

Cultivation

  • Wiry flatsedge should be grown in a bright place with direct sunlight.
  • These plants don’t like cold weather. In the Spring it is best to set them outside.
  • The wiry flatsedge should preferably be located in a place where it can have at least a few hours a day of direct solar light. These plants are grown in apartments.

Related Species

  • Cyperus virens, Green flatsedge
  • Fern Flatsedge Cyperus filiculmis
  • Cyperus filifolius
  • Cyperus flavescens, Yellow flatsedge
  • Cyperus entrerianus, WOODRUSH FLATSEDGE DEEPROOTED SEDGE
  • Cyperus filiculmis, WIRY FLATSEDGE
  • Cyperus cuspidatus, Coastal Plain Flatsedge
  • Cyperus dentatus, Toothed Flatsedge
  • Cyperus filiculmis, WIRY FLATSEDGE
  • Cyperus flavescens
  • Cyperus fendlerianus (Fendler's flatsedge)
  • Cyperus flexuosus (Vahl's flatsedge)
  • Cyperus floribundus

Further Information

  • Discover Life provides information about the biology, natural history, ecology, identification, and distribution of Cyperus filiformis.