Cyperus tenuispica is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia.
The annual herb to grass-like sedge typically grows to a height of . It blooms between February and August producing red-brown flowers.
In Africa it is found from Mauritania in the north west to sudan in the north east down to Namibia and the Northern Provinces of South Africa in the south. In Asia the range of the plant extends from Tajikistan in Central Asia through the Himalayas and into eastern parts of Asia as far as Japan. It is found across northern Australia in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory in seasonally dry tropical areas. It is found across northern Australia in Queensland, the Northern Territory and in Western Australia In Western Australia it is found along streams and creeks in the Kimberley region where it grows in sandy-clay soils.
See also
List of Cyperus species
References
Plants described in 1855
tenuispica
Taxa named by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel
Flora of Western Australia
Flora of the Northern Territory
Flora of Queensland
Flora of Angola
Flora of Assam (region) Flora of Bangladesh Flora of Benin Flora of Botswana Flora of Burkina Faso Flora of Cambodia Flora of Cameroon Flora of Chad Flora of the Central African Republic Flora of China Flora of South Africa Flora of Ethiopia Flora of Ghana Flora of Guinea Flora of Guinea-Bissau Flora of Ivory Coast Flora of Japan Flora of Java Flora of Korea Flora of Laos Flora of Liberia Flora of Malawi Flora of Peninsular Malaysia Flora of Mali Flora of Mauritania Flora of Mozambique Flora of Myanmar Flora of Namibia Flora of Nepal Flora of Nigeria Flora of Niger Flora of Pakistan Flora of the Philippines Flora of Rwanda Flora of Senegal Flora of Seychelles Flora of Sierra Leone Flora of Somalia Flora of Sri Lanka Flora of Sulawesi Flora of Sumatra Flora of Tajikistan Flora of Taiwan Flora of Tanzania Flora of Thailand Flora of Tibet Flora of Togo Flora of Uganda Flora of Uzbekistan Flora of Vietnam Flora of Zambia Flora of Zimbabwe Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo