Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cyperus flavescens L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cyperus flavescens L. var. poaeformis (Pursh) Fern., Cyperus flavescens L. var. poiformis (Pursh) Fern., Cyperus nieuwlandii Geise, Pycreus flavescens (L.) Reichenb.

Common names:

Galingale (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Yellow cyperus (1907-1923) (5, 72, 156)

Yellow dwarf sedge (1903) (66)

Yellow flatsedge (Present) (50)

Yellow-grass [Yellow grass] (1840) (19)