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§1 Plant

Cyperus involucratus Rottb.

vernacular umbrella plant — species · Cyperaceae


USDA
CYIN6
GBIF
2714233 syn.
Rank
species
PlateNo public-domain or CC photograph located.

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Cyperus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
  • PR Puerto Rico Introduced
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 76 counties across 12 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 76 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 76 counties across 12 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 1 I
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 I
California view state ↗ 13 I
Florida view state ↗ 14 I
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 I
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 I
New York view state ↗ 1 I
Ohio view state ↗ 1 I
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 24 I
Texas view state ↗ 10 I
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 3 I

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CYIN6 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2714233 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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