Wild Flowering Plants
| Cyperaceae family Cyperus elegans Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 45. 1753. Indigenous quite rare herb of swampy spots and ditches at lower elevations. St. Martin, St. Barthélemy, Antigua, Nevis, Redonda, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, rest of West Indies, North America, Mesoamerica, South America. Viscid (sticky) to the touch. |