Index / Search / Cyperus plukenetii
§1 Plant
Cyperus plukenetii Fernald
vernacular Plukenet's 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
County-level range
· 134 counties across 18 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 134 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Gates 37073
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Johnston 37101
- Lenoir 37107
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pitt 37147
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYPL3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2715036 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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