Pronunciation: SY-per-us er-a-GROS-tis
Common name: Tall flat sedge
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge)
Habitat: Moist places to 5000', coastal sage scrub,
chaparral, much of cismontane So. California
Blooming period: May to November
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Cyperus
2) eragrostis