Index / Search / Kyllinga pumila
§1 Plant
Kyllinga pumila Michx.
vernacular low spikesedge — species · Cyperaceae
§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
· 495 counties across 23 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 495 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lincoln 05079
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pulaski 05119
- Saline 05125
- Sebastian 05131
- Stone 05137
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bradford 12007
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Martin 18101
- Morgan 18109
- Owen 18119
- Perry 18123
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Shelby 18145
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Warrick 18173
Kentucky view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Adair 21001
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Boyd 21019
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Graves 21083
- Green 21087
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Johnson 21115
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lawrence 21127
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Magoffin 21153
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Morgan 21175
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Simpson 21213
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Avoyelles 22009
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Barton 29011
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Lawrence 29109
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Stokes 37169
- Swain 37173
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Cheatham 47021
- Clay 47027
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hancock 47067
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Madison 47113
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Obion 47131
- Polk 47139
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Shelby 47157
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Washington 47179
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Virginia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Amherst 51009
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Nelson 51125
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/KYPU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2718873 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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