Index / Search / Fuirena umbellata
§1 Plant
Fuirena umbellata Rottb.
vernacular yefen — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Fuirena
§2a
Native status, by region
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 20 counties across 1 state§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 20 counties across 1 state.
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FUUM ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2718992 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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