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Fimbristylis helicophylla

Fimbristylis helicophylla, known as twisted leaf fimbristylis, is a sedge from the Cyperaceae family native to a small area of the Kimberley region in Western Australia. It is a niche wild species with little horticultural history, so grow it as a moist-soil sedge in full sun.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep soil consistently moist or shallowly flooded, as is typical for sedges of wet habitats.
Soil
Moist, fertile loam or wet mud; tolerates waterlogged conditions.
Temperature
Tropical to subtropical conditions, roughly 18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Fimbristylis helicophylla, commonly known as twisted leaf fimbristylis, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native a small area in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Other Fimbristylis plants

Fimbristylis acicularis · Pointed Fimbristylis · Summer fimbry · Fimbristylis ammobia · Fimbristylis blakei · Fimbristylis blepharolepis · Fringe-rush · Fimbristylis cardiocarpa · Fimbristylis cephalophora · Fimbristylis cinnamometorum · Fimbristylis compacta · Fimbristylis corynocarya

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Fimbristylis helicophylla 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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