✿Cyperaceae · Kyllinga
Saiparesi / Jointed Flatsedge
Kyllinga brevifolia
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- June-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kyllinga brevifolia
- Genus
- Kyllinga
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Ladakh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Goa, Odisha, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Haryana, Puducherry, Mizoram, Chandigarh
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-February
- 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
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish“Cyperus brevifolius is a species of sedge known by several common names, including shortleaf spikesedge, green kyllinga, perennial greenhead sedge, and kyllinga weed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Saiparesi itself; the rest are typical of the Cyperaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- साइपरेसी saiparesi
- Telugu
- సైపరేసి
- Malayalam
- സൈപറേസീ
About Saiparesi
Jointed Flatsedge (Kyllinga brevifolia) is a herb in the Cyperaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and 30 other states. It grows in marshy areas, wastelands and roadsides. Flowering and fruiting run from June to February.
Botanical family
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Saiparesi belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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