Cyperus mindorensis
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
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 5
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 4
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3
Kahana · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 3
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 2
ʻAlaeiki · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Hanamāʻulu · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Hakipuʻu · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Mohopilo · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honouliuli · OʻahuiNat 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
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1