Fimbristylis autumnalis
Low Fimbristylis, Puerto Rico Fimbristylis
Other regional names: Slender Fimbristylis +2 more
- Slender Fimbristylis
- Slender Fimbry
- Slender Fingerush
Also known as: Cyperus eragrostis subsp. microstachyus (Steud.) Boeckeler +19 more
- Cyperus eragrostis subsp. microstachyus (Steud.) Boeckeler
- Fimbristylis autumnalis f. autumnalis
- Fimbristylis autumnalis f. brachyactis (Fernald) S.F.Blake
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. autumnalis
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. gracilis (Kunth) Kük.
- Fimbristylis autumnalis var. mucronulata (Michx.) Fernald
- Fimbristylis firmula Steud.
- Fimbristylis frankii f. brachyactis Fernald
- Fimbristylis frankii Steud.
- Fimbristylis frankii var. brachyactis Fernald
- Fimbristylis geminata Kunth
- Fimbristylis leptostachya Steud.
- Fimbristylis microstachya Steud.
- Fimbristylis mucronulata (Michx.) S.F.Blake
- Fimbristylis tenuis Roem. & Schult.
- Fimbristylis wukungshanensis Tang & F.T.Wang
- Iria autumnalis (L.) Kuntze
- Iria autumnalis var. caespitosa Kuntze
- Iria autumnalis var. geminata (Kunth) Farw.
- Iria gracilis Kuntze
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a annual.
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Fimbristylis autumnalis (commonly known as Low Fimbristylis or Puerto Rico Fimbristylis) is a sedge within the Cyperaceae family. It naturally occurs in North America and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Annual
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, Eastern Canada, Mexico, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern South America, South-Central U.S.A., Southeastern U.S.A., Southern South America, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arkansas, Belize, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Surinam, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Samoa, Taiwan