Index / Search / Rhynchospora radicans
§1 Plant
Rhynchospora radicans (Schltdl. & Cham.) H. Pfeifer
vernacular tropical whitetop — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 30 counties across 2 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 30 counties across 2 states/territories.
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Caguas 72025
- Canovanas 72029
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Fajardo 72053
- Guayama 72057
- Hatillo 72065
- Jayuya 72073
- Juana Diaz 72075
- Las Marias 72083
- Luquillo 72089
- Maricao 72093
- Maunabo 72095
- Mayaguez 72097
- Naguabo 72103
- Orocovis 72107
- Ponce 72113
- Rio Grande 72119
- San German 72125
- San Lorenzo 72129
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Baja 72145
- Villalba 72149
- Yabucoa 72151
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RHRA4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2721217 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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