Cyperus erectus

(Schumach.) Mattf. & Kuk

Cyperaceae

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Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet places.

Africa, Botswana, Somalia, South Africa, Togo, Zimbabwe,

Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A sedge. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a creeping rhizome or underground stem. The shoots are 12-40 cm tall. The leaves are 5-20 mm long by 2-4 mm wide. The flowering shoot has a single spike that is oval.

Names & Synonyms

Kyllinga erecta SchumachKyllinga jubensis

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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