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Cyperus parishii is a species of sedge known by the common name Parish's flatsedge. It is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It grows in desert, mountain, and coastal habitat in Sonora, southwestern New Mexico, Arizona, southern Nevada and southern California. It is an annual sedge forming small clumps up to about 25 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a spherical cluster of up to 30 reddish spikelets with a few long, leaflike bracts at the base.

Plant type

Grass

Size

10 in Tall

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Color

Red

Water

High

Plant communities

Coastal Sage Scrub, Wetland-Riparian

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Javelin Moth

Bactra verutana

Dun Skipper

Euphyes vestris