About Whitehead spike Sedge
Kyllinga nemoralis, the white water sedge or whitehead spikesedge, is a plant species in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is found in shaded meadows, rock crevices and road sides.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kyllinga nemoralis
- Genus
- Kyllinga
- Family
- CYPERACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Waste places, degraded forest areas and grasslands
- Native to
- Pantropical
- Distribution
- Cosmopolitan
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Nirvishi
- Bengali
- কিলিঙ্গা নেমোর্যালিস, সাদা কদমঘাস, সাদা নির্বিষী
- Tamil
- Velutta Nirbasi
- Telugu
- Gandala
- Malayalam
- Velutta Nirvasi, വള്ളിമുത്തങ്ങ
Botanical family
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Whitehead spike Sedge belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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