Index / Search / Abildgaardia ovata
§1 Plant
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm. f.) Kral
vernacular flatspike sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Abildgaardia
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 29 counties across 3 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 29 counties across 3 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aguas Buenas 72007
- Arecibo 72013
- Bayamon 72021
- Cabo Rojo 72023
- Catano 72033
- Ceiba 72037
- Dorado 72051
- Fajardo 72053
- Isabela 72071
- Manati 72091
- Mayaguez 72097
- Quebradillas 72115
- Rincon 72117
- Rio Grande 72119
- Sabana Grande 72121
- San Juan 72127
- San Sebastian 72131
- Trujillo Alto 72139
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Yauco 72153
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ABOV ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2708407 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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