Index / Search / Cyperus odoratus
§1 Plant
Cyperus odoratus L.
vernacular fragrant flatsedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Cyperus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 920 counties across 33 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 42 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–8.3
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Brown
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 920 counties across 33 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Chicot 05017
- Clay 05021
- Cleveland 05025
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Desha 05041
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Howard 05061
- Jefferson 05069
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Marion 05089
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Searcy 05129
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Ohio 18115
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Sullivan 18153
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 75 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Edwards 20047
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Sedgwick 20173
- Seward 20175
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Boone 21015
- Boyd 21019
- Boyle 21021
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Daviess 21059
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Grayson 21085
- Greenup 21089
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Johnson 21115
- Kenton 21117
- Knott 21119
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Mason 21161
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Metcalfe 21169
- Monroe 21171
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Ohio 21183
- Oldham 21185
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Trimble 21223
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Dunklin 29069
- Holt 29087
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Washington 29221
Nebraska view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Dawson 31047
- Dixon 31051
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Gage 31067
- Garden 31069
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Keya Paha 31103
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Madison 31119
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Pawnee 31133
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Stanton 31167
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cayuga 36011
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Erie 39043
- Franklin 39049
- Guernsey 39059
- Hamilton 39061
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Jackson 39079
- Lake 39085
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Logan 39091
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Mahoning 39099
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Noble 39121
- Ottawa 39123
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Stark 39151
- Union 39159
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Henderson 47077
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lewis 47101
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Overton 47133
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Union 47173
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Dunn 55033
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
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