Kingdom Plantae Family Cyperaceae Scientific name Cyperus parishii Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Cyperus Higher classification Flatsedge | |
Similar Cyperus niger, Cyperus pennatiformis, Flatsedge, Sedges, Cyperus echinatus | ||
Cyperus parishii is a species of sedge known by the common name Parish's flatsedge. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It grows in desert, mountain, and coastal habitat in Sonora, southwestern New Mexico, Arizona, southern Nevada and southern California. It is an annual sedge forming small clumps up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a spherical cluster of up to 30 reddish spikelets with a few long, leaflike bracts at the base.
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