| Family Name | Cyperaceae |
| Scientific name | Cyperus brevifolius |
| Common name | Mullimbimby couch |
| Growth habit | Perennial grass-like herb with underground runners |
| Leaf | Leaves soft narrowly linear of varying lengths, end acuminate lower with purple |
| Flower | Spherical inflorescence flowers for the top students, mature from green to hazel, flowering in summer |
| Fruit | Nutlets oblate matured in fall |
| More to learn | Use dry Cyperus brevifolius roots and 2 longan boiled with water, take it one per day or on behalf of tea, take for 15 days. |
| Properties | Bitter in taste, Heat and dampness to silt swelling Shufeng solution form, the effect of the cough and phlegm |
| Treats | Use in treatment of colds, bronchitis, whooping cough and malaria. |
| Reference | Chinese herbal medicine information Common Australian Garden Weeds Cyperus brevifolius Information of Cyperus brevifolius |