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Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus

Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus is a sedge from northern and central South America, a wild species rarely grown in gardens. Its care is not well documented, so treat it like other moisture-loving Cyperus: bright light and consistently wet soil.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, fertile, loamy or peaty mix.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Venezuela, Bolivia, S. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus is a species of sedge that is endemic to parts of northern and central South America.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1895.

Other Cyperus plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyperus cellulosoreticulatus 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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