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Cyperus absconditicoronatus

Cyperus absconditicoronatus is a little-known sedge (Cyperaceae) that grows wild in parts of Angola and Zambia. It is a perennial rhizomatous plant from seasonally dry tropical areas, and it is rarely grown in gardens, so most care details are unestablished.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water freely during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry out a little between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile mix such as loam with added sand or grit.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Angola to Zambia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cyperus absconditicoronatus is a species of sedge that only grows in the wild in parts of Angola and Zambia in Africa.

The specific epithet is a reference to the scales on the rhizome that resemble a crown and is derived from words meaning with a hidden crown.

Other Cyperus plants

Cyperus acholiensis · Tapertip flatsedge · Cyperus afroalpinus · Cyperus afrodunensis · Cyperus afromontanus · Cyperus afrovaricus · Inflatedscale flatsedge · Cyperus ajax · Cyperus alaticaulis · Cyperus albopilosus · Cyperus albopurpureus · Cyperus albosanguineus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus absconditicoronatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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