cyperus

It is relative to other tropical grasses such as lemongrass, palmarosa, nagramotha aka cyperus – not cypress! and citronella.

Archive 2007-02-01 Ayala Sender 2007

It is relative to other tropical grasses such as lemongrass, palmarosa, nagramotha aka cyperus – not cypress! and citronella.

Decoding Obscure Notes Part VII: Vetiver - Earthy? Woody? Green? Ayala Sender 2007

The highest level is tundra dominated by cyperus Kobresia sibirica and peaty meadows of sedge Carex spp. with stone birch Betula ermanii on stony talus, and lichen Cladonia - or Cetraria-covered rocks and cliffs. 600 species of vascular plants have been recorded including 20 species of flowering plants.

Lake Baikal Basin, Russian Federation 2008

In the freshwater areas and slightly saline marshes, reed (Phragmites australis) and cyperus (Juncus heldreichianus orientalis) are the dominant species.

Central Anatolian steppe 2008

FORMULA NUMBER 90: St. JohnswortKava Compound: St. Johnswort extract, kava kava extract bupleurum, moutan peony, atractylodes, dong quai, fu ling, lemon balm, licorice, cyperus, ginger; treats depression from liver heat.

THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

FORMULA NUMBER 22: Cramp Bark Comfort: vitex, cramp bark, dong quai, fu ling, partridgeberry, cyperus, ginger, dong quai extract; use for menstral cramps.

THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

So damp was the ground, that there were large beds of a coarse cyperus, in which great numbers of a very small water-rail lived and bred.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

The surface was a stubble strewn with the usual trees; the portly bombax; the calabash, now naked and of wintry aspect; and the dark evergreen palmyra, in dots and streaks upon the red-yellow field, fronted by an edging of grass, whose king, cyperus papyrus, is crowned with tall heads waving like little palms.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

So damp was the ground, that there were large beds of a coarse cyperus, in which great numbers of a very small water-rail lived and bred.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

A kind of sedge rush, common in swampy places in the West India islands, the _Adme cyperus_, enjoys a reputation for the cure of yellow fever.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds