Index / Search / Cyperus esculentus var. leptostachyus
§1 Plant
Cyperus esculentus L. var. leptostachyus Boeckeler
vernacular yellow nutsedge — variety · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 611 counties across 25 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 611 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 33 I ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Boone 05009
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Jefferson 05069
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Logan 05083
- Mississippi 05093
- Newton 05101
- Poinsett 05111
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Woodruff 05147
Delaware view state ↗ 3 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 102 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 48 I ▾
- Adams 18001
- Bartholomew 18005
- Benton 18007
- Boone 18011
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Dubois 18037
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Ohio 18115
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Rush 18139
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 19 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 58 I ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Kearny 20093
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Boone 21015
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McCracken 21145
- McLean 21149
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Owen 21187
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 I ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Berrien 26021
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clinton 26037
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lenawee 26091
- Macomb 26099
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Dodge 27039
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Itasca 27061
- Koochiching 27071
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lyon 27083
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- New Hanover 37129
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Washington 37187
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 51 I ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 43 I ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Crockett 47033
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Grainger 47057
- Hamblen 47063
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Macon 47111
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Meigs 47121
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Perry 47135
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 10 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 20 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYESL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2716226 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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