Taxon:  Cyperus eragrostis Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Cyperus
Family:
Cyperaceae
Subfamily:
Cyperoideae
Tribe:
Cypereae
Nomen number:
400180
Place of publication:
Tabl. encycl. 1:146.  1791
Verified:
12/10/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (9  active, 9  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  3. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  4. Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
  5. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  6. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  7. Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires.
  8. Egorova, T. V. 2000. Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): novyi vid dlya flory Kavkaza (Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): species pro flora Caucasi nova). Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32:7-11.
  9. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1346.
  10. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  11. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  12. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. 1993-. Flora of Victoria.
  13. Gordon-Gray, K. D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal Note: naturalized
  14. Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
  15. Harden, G. J., ed. 1990-1993. Flora of New South Wales.
  16. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  17. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. Note: naturalized
  18. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
  19. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
  20. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  21. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
  22. Mason, H. C. 1957. A flora of the marshes of California.
  23. Molina G., A. M. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.
  24. Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56:291-292.
  27. Stanley, T. D. & E. M. Ross. 1983-1989. Flora of south-eastern Queensland.
  28. Tucker, G. C. 1994. Revision of the Mexican species of Cyperus (Cyperaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 43:186.
  29. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea. Note: naturalized
  30. Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
  31. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  32. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdrain flat sedge  1Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
Englishpale galingale  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishtall flat sedge  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1346.
Englishumbrella sedge  1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Germanfrischgrünes Zypergras  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1346.
Spanishcortadera  2Molina G., A. M. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.
Spanishlleivun  2Molina G., A. M. 2011. Review of Cyperaceae data for World Economic Plants, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Mar.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Jersey FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil s.Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChileEaster Island Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Egorova, T. V. 2000. Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): novyi vid dlya flory Kavkaza (Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): species pro flora Caucasi nova). Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32:7-11.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan n.Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeNetherlands  Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeIreland  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. CorsicaEuro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [New Jersey]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana, Mississippi]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Suriname
  • BRAZIL: Brazil (s.)
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile [Easter Island], Uruguay
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Georgia
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan (n.)
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Ireland
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Montenegro
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Northern America
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Pennsylvania]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, South Carolina]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
  2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  3. Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
  4. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  5. Egorova, T. V. 2000. Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): novyi vid dlya flory Kavkaza (Cyperus eragrostis Lam. (Cyperaceae): species pro flora Caucasi nova). Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32:7-11.
  6. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  8. Govaerts, R. & D. A. Simpson. 2007. World checklist of Cyperaceae, sedges.
  9. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. 1986. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4.
  10. Petŕík, P. 2003. Cyperus eragrostis – a new alien species for the Czech flora and the history of its invasion of Europe. Preslia 75:17-28.
  11. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  12. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforage Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Environmentalornamental Simpson, D. A. & C. A. Inglis. 2001. Cyperaceae of economic, ethnobotanical and horticultural importance: a checklist. Kew Bull. 56:291-292.
Weed  Gordon-Gray, K. D. 1995. Cyperaceae in Natal Note: naturalized
Weed  Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Weed  Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400180. Accessed 15 April 2026.