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§1 Plant

Cyperus odoratus L.

vernacular fragrant flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
CYOD
GBIF
2715219
Rank
species
fragrant flatsedge (Cyperus odoratus)
Platephotograph · Zihao WangCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Annual, Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Cyperus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,123 counties across 42 states/territories
Legend Native · 1123 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
None
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
Medium
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
42 °F minimum
Frost-free days
80 min.
Precipitation
18–55 in/yr
pH range
5–8.3
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
2 ft
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Brown
Fruit colour
Black
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Propagation
sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,123 counties across 42 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
California view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 66 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 73 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 46 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 51 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 24 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 111 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 51 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CYOD ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2715219 ↗

Record version

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