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§1 Plant
Cyperus distans L. f.
vernacular Piedmont flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 41 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 41 counties across 4 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aguas Buenas 72007
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Barranquitas 72019
- Bayamon 72021
- Caguas 72025
- Canovanas 72029
- Carolina 72031
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Cidra 72041
- Coamo 72043
- Comerio 72045
- Culebra 72049
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Guaynabo 72061
- Humacao 72069
- Las Piedras 72085
- Loiza 72087
- Maricao 72093
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Patillas 72109
- Penuelas 72111
- Ponce 72113
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vieques 72147
- Villalba 72149
- Yabucoa 72151
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYDI7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2713460 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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