Index / Search / Cyperus elegans
§1 Plant
Cyperus elegans L.
vernacular royal 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
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 51 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 51 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brewster 48043
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Dimmit 48127
- Erath 48143
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- La Salle 48283
- Matagorda 48321
- Maverick 48323
- Orange 48361
- Pecos 48371
- Starr 48427
- Terrell 48443
- Travis 48453
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Webb 48479
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYEL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2714368 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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