*Cyperus albostriatus Schrad.

Leaves and involucral bracts up to 15 mm wide, thin, flat, with 3 prominent faintly whitish principal nerves. Sheaths reddish. Umbel compound, with 8–24 filiform rays. Spikelets often solitary, sometimes 2–7. Rhachilla winged. Coast in south of area. Garden escape. Introd. from S. Africa