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  • COMMON NAME: Umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge.
  • ARABIC: سعد الزينة
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cyperus alternifolius L.
  • SYNONYMS: Cyperus frondosus
  • FAMILY: CYPERACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.floraofqatar.com/cyperus_alternifolius.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant. Naturalized and cultivated. Ornamental plant.

Perennial, grass-like in habit with short, thick rhizome. Stems clustered up to 150cm high, trigonous to subterete. Leaves long, narrow at the top, to the stalk in a whorl. Inflorescence large; bracts oblong-linear, numerous. Spikelets digitate, clustered, rhachilla wingless. Glumes ovate, acute. Stamens 3. Stigmas 3. Achene tiny, ellipsoid

Flowering in spring.
Cultivated, planted in clumps rather than singly, mostly in sandy-salty soil.
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