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Cyperus chordorrhizus

Cyperus chordorrhizus is a sedge native to coastal Somalia and eastern Kenya, a rhizomatous perennial of seasonally dry tropical areas. Little cultivation information exists, so it is mainly of botanical interest.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry between waterings, as it comes from a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil
Temperature
20–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Coastal Somalia to E. Kenya
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cyperus chordorrhizus is a species of sedge that is native to an area of eastern Africa.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Emilio Chiovenda in 1926.

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 chordorrhizus 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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