Index / Search / Cyperus ligularis
§1 Plant
Cyperus ligularis L.
vernacular Alabama swamp flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 24 counties across 1 state§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 24 counties across 1 state.
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Glades 12043
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Lucie 12111
- Volusia 12127
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYLI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715068 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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