
naturalizedCyperaceae
Cyperus mindorensis
whitehead spikesedge
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Cyperus mindorensis, commonly known as the white water sedge, is a species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is a grass-like plant in the large genus Cyperus and is distributed across the Old World Tropics, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. This species typically grows in wet habitats and is often considered a weed rather than a cultivated plant.
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Seasonality
Only 18 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 · 76 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 295 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 54 · GBIF 95 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 62 · GBIF 71 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 8 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 7 · GBIF 7 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 9 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 5 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5 ✓
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 5
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuGBIF 3
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kukuihala, Kamāʻili · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalihikai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
East Makaīwa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kamoku · LānaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Makanikahio 1-2, Auau · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Alakahi · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Honokahua · MauiGBIF 2
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
ʻAlaenui · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻonoʻulu · MauiiNat 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiiNat 1
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 1
Waimalu · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1
Kalihiwai · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻaʻawa · OʻahuiNat 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuiNat 1
Waiʻoli · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Puumoi · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waikele · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaipapaʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wahikuli · MauiGBIF 1
Puapuaʻa 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Maunalua · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kawaipapa · MauiGBIF 1
Waiʻanae · OʻahuGBIF 1
Honomanü · MauiGBIF 1
Hōlualoa 1-2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kawailoa · OʻahuGBIF 1
Mānana · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kīpū · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalihi · OʻahuGBIF 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kahaluʻu · OʻahuGBIF 1
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiGBIF 1





