Index / Search / Cyperus retrofractus
§1 Plant
Cyperus retrofractus (L.) Torr.
vernacular rough 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
· 190 counties across 17 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 190 counties across 17 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Catawba 37035
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Dare 37055
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Orange 37135
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wilkes 37193
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Arlington 51013
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CYRE4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2714386 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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