Cyperus hortensis

Cyperus hortensis

Native to:
Angola | Argentina | Belize | Benin | Bolivia | Brazil | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Central American Pacific Is. | Chad | Colombia | Congo | Costa Rica | Cuba | DR Congo | Ecuador | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Ethiopia | French Guiana | Gabon | Galápagos | Gambia | Ghana | Guam | Guatemala | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Gulf of Guinea Is. | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Ivory Coast | Jamaica | Kenya | Leeward Is. | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritius | Mexico | Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest | Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria | Panamá | Paraguay | Peru | Puerto Rico | Réunion | Rodrigues | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Sudan-South Sudan | Suriname | Tanzania | Togo | Trinidad-Tobago | Uganda | United States | AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV | Uruguay | Venezuela | Virgin Islands | Windward Is. | Zambia | Zimbabwe

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Taxonomy

Division:
Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
Family:
Cyperaceae
Genus:
Cyperus
Species:
Cyperus hortensis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:
Forb/herb
Height:
90 cm
Drought Tolerance:
Low
Bloom Months:
jun,jul,aug,sep
Bloom Colors:
greenish-brown

Garden & Ecology Notes

Wildlife Value:
birds

Source: deepseek-v4-flash