Cyperus flabelliformis
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Description
Perennial wkh stout, horizontal rhizome.
Normal leaves only present on the first sterile shoots, leaves on the flowering stems reduced to long, wide, brownish sheaths.
Inflorescence large, decompound, 10-30 cm across.
Stamens 3;
Distribution
Arabia, Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland cultivated), Lamao, Manila, New Caledonia cultivated, Pacific: Hawaii cultivated, Ryu Kyu Is cultivated, Sumatra West Coast, W. Java, tropical and South Africa
Native to Arabia, tropical and South Africa; elsewhere often cultivated for ornamental purposes and sometimes running wild, e.g. in Queensland, New Caledonia, Hawaii, Ryu Kyu Is.; also in Malesia escaped from cultivation: Sumatra West Coast, W. Java, Philippines (Manila, Lamao), often naturalised.