Bearded Flat Sedge
Cyperus squarrosus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Bearded Flat Sedge
Identify Bearded 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Spikelets with outward-curving (squarrose) tips.
- Confirm flower colour: Golden-brown.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Spike.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cyperaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bearded Flat Sedge.
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.
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Bearded Flat Sedge belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
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