Cyperus nitidus
Cyperus nitidus
- Native to:
- Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burundi | Cameroon | Chad | DR Congo | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gambia | Ghana | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Lebanon-Syria | Madagascar | Malawi | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Palestine | Rwanda | Senegal | South Africa | South Sudan | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Cyperaceae
- Genus:
- Cyperus
- Species:
- Cyperus nitidus
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte , Forb/herb
- Height:
- 80 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Low
- Bloom Months:
- jun,jul,aug,sep
- Bloom Colors:
- brown, yellow
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- waterfowl, wetland birds
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Wetland sedge that resprouts vigorously from rhizomes after fire, common in fire-maintained wet prairies and coastal marshes.
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Propagation & Germination
- Stratification:
- None required
- Germination Time:
- 7–21 days
- Notes:
- Seeds germinate readily in warm, moist conditions. May be sown on saturated soil surface or in shallow water.
Source: Claude claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Batch