Annual Flat-Sedge
Pycreus pumilus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Annual Flat-Sedge
Identify Annual 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: Small dwarf (pumilus) annual.
- Confirm flower colour: Purple-brown.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Cyperaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Annual Flat-Sedge.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pycreus pumilus
- Genus
- Pycreus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Marshy areas, paddy fields and wetlands
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Southeast Asia, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- 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
- Purple-brownrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Annual Flat-Sedge itself; the rest are typical of the Cyperaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Annual Flat-Sedge
A member of the Cyperaceae family, Annual Flat-sedge (Pycreus pumilus) is a herb. In India it has been recorded in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra and 1 other states. It grows in marshy areas, paddy fields and wetlands. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Cyperaceae
Sedge family
Annual Flat-Sedge belongs to the Cyperaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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