Index / Search / Cyperus refractus
§1 Plant
Cyperus refractus Engelm. ex Boeckeler
vernacular reflexed 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
§2b
County-level range
· 124 counties across 20 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 124 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Butler 29023
- Carroll 29033
- Crawford 29055
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Marion 29127
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Polk 29167
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYRE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2714385 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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