Calflora: Kyllinga brevifolia

Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb.

short leaf spikesedge, shortleaf spikesedge

Kyllinga brevifolia, a monocot, is a perennial herb that is not native to California; it was introduced from elsewhere and naturalized in the wild.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: May--Sep

Communities:	weed, species characteristic of disturbed places, wetland-riparian
Habitat:	disturbed [Walker]
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 984 feet
Family:	CYPERACEAE

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:

Cyperus brevifolius

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Butte: 8 / 8 CCH Los Angeles: 6 / 6 CCH Orange: 3 / 3 CCH Riverside: 3 / 3 CCH Sacramento: 4 / 4 CCH Santa Barbara: 2 / 1 CCH San Bernardino: 1 / 1 CCH Santa Cruz: 3 / 2 CCH San Diego: 22 / 21 CCH San Francisco: 3 / 1 CCH Tehama: 1 / 1 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Kyllinga brevifolia from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (KYBR)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery
(profile of this plant as an agricultural weed)
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database