On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:02:33 GMT, "Gloria Lenon"
wrote:

Also called sedge. I keep pulling it up all the time in my flower beds. By
the way, the little nuts at the roots are edible. Native Americans relied
on them for food.
If it's purple Cyperus rotundus, it is introduced and on numerous
invasive plant lists. It's medicinal use if vastly over rated when
compared to it's agricultural and horticultural costs/damage.