Cyperus compressus

• Botanical Name : Cyperus compressus L.
• Synonyms : Cyperus brachiatus Poir.
• Common Name : Poor Land Flat Sedge
• Plant Family : Cyperaceae
• Plant Form : Sedges
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 10, 16, 22, 27
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan

About Cyperus compressus Plant :

• Habit : 4-40 cm tall, erect or diffuse, glabrous herbs.
• Leaves : 8-20 cm long, linear, glabrous with parallel venation.
• Inflorescence : A compound umbel.
• Flowers : Spikelets compressed, linear to ovate-lanceolate.
• Fruits : Nuts, obovoid-ellipsoid, triquetrous, microscopically punctuate, shortly beaked.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : July-October