✿Cyperaceae · Cyperus
Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
HerboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- July-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyperus squarrosus
- Genus
- Cyperus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Asia, Australia, South Canada through U.S.A, tropical America and Chile
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
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
- Flower arrangement
- SpikerecordedFlowers arranged directly on a central stem without individual stalks.“The inflorescence is a single spherical or bunched spike of up to 30 spikelets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bearded Flat Sedge itself; the rest are typical of the Cyperaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Bearded Flat Sedge
Bearded flat Sedge (Cyperus squarrosus) belongs to the Cyperaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana and 8 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Botanical family
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Bearded Flat Sedge belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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