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Cyperus hilgendorfianus

Cyperus hilgendorfianus is a small annual sedge from eastern Asia, found in damp, open ground. It is grown mainly as an ornamental or for wetland and pond margins, and it needs consistently moist to wet soil.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist or wet; it tolerates shallow standing water.
Soil
Moist, fertile loam or wet mud; tolerates clay.
Temperature
Suited to temperate conditions; protect from hard frost, which kills the annual plants.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. China to Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Cyperus hilgendorfianus is a species of sedge that is endemic to eastern parts of Asia.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Johann Otto Boeckeler in 1884.

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 hilgendorfianus 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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