Cyperus alternifolius
naturalizedCyperaceae

Cyperus alternifolius

Umbrella Papyrus

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Cyperus alternifolius, with the common names of umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the very large genus Cyperus of the sedge family, Cyperaceae.

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Seasonality

Only 2 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 88 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 272 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 33 · GBIF 36 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 19 · GBIF 26 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 13 · GBIF 19 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 18 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 9 · GBIF 16 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 7 · GBIF 18 ✓
Waimea · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 9 ✓
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 6 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanakāpīʻai · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kahakuloa · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 5 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāhili · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kīpū · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honomakaʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāʻiemaloʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāwala · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keālia · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaʻehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiheʻe · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahuku · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓