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§1 Plant
Kyllinga odorata Vahl
vernacular fragrant spikesedge — species · Cyperaceae
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Kyllinga
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 128 counties across 10 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 128 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Charlotte 12015
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Palm Beach 12099
- Polk 12105
- Taylor 12123
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/KYOD ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9478376 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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