Cyperus rotundus
Common name
nutgrass
Family
Cyperaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Sedges
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CYPROT
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1873
Origin
Almost cosmopolitan in warm areas
Etymology
cyperus: From the ancient Greek name for sedge, kypeiros