Index / Search / Kyllinga gracillima
§1 Plant
Kyllinga gracillima Miq.
vernacular pasture spikesedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Kyllinga
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 76 counties across 15 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 76 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Ballard 21007
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Calloway 21035
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Graves 21083
- Harlan 21095
- Hickman 21105
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Metcalfe 21169
- Owsley 21189
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Whitley 21235
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 11 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/KYGR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2718801 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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