Cyperus obtusiflorus var. obtusiflorus

Cyperus obtusiflorus var. obtusiflorus, commonly the blunt-flowered sedge, is a perennial growing erectly from a horizontal rhizome. Its linear, grass-like leaves emerge at ground level where they sheathe, reaching about halfway up the flowering stem.

The subspecies distribution lies across the eastern parts of South Africa from the Eastern Cape to Limpopo and westwards in the north to Gauteng and North West. The distribution continues beyond the border in southern Africa.

The habitat is flats in grassland. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Van Wyk and Malan, 1997; Germishuizen and Fabian, 1982; iNaturalist; iSpot; http://redlist.sanbi.org).