ThunderLandscape Plant Database


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Cyperus papyrus

Common name(s): Papyrus, Egyptian Paper Reed
Family name: Cyperaceae
Common family name: Sedge Family
USDA hardiness zone(s): 9
Perennation: cultivated as annual
Light level: sun, partial sun
Flower color: green
Plant height: 10 feet
Plant spread: none recorded
Deciduous: deciduous
Growth form:
Leaf color: green
Range: Africa
Habit: grass/sedge
Special characteristics: other ethnobotanical uses

This is a large plant that can be grown submerged in a pond or as a houseplant. It needs to be overwintered indoors and kept moist. The flowers are onion-like, creating large 1-foot diameter clusters. Plant in 20 gallon pot. The plant spreads as rhizomes.

Zones 9 - 10

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