Species profile—Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cyperaceae → Cyperus rotundus (nutgrass)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Scientific name
- Cyperus rotundus L.
- Common name
- nutgrass
- WildNet taxon ID
- 17478
- Alternate name(s)
- chufa
nut grass
water grass
teki
red grass
purple nutsedge
purple nutgrass
nutsedge
nutgrass sedge
java grass
hognut
ground almond
dila
coco grass - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17478.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
