Old Gold Flat Sedge
Cyperus cyperinus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- June-October
How to identify Old Gold Flat Sedge
Identify Old Gold Flat Sedge by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Golden-brown.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cyperaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Old Gold Flat Sedge.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyperus cyperinus
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cyperaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Golden-brownrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Old Gold Flat Sedge itself; the rest are typical of the Cyperaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Old Gold Flat Sedge
Old Gold flat Sedge (Cyperus cyperinus) belongs to the Cyperaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and 5 other states. It grows in degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to October.
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Old Gold Flat Sedge belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
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