Umbrella papyrus - World Crops Database

Umbrella papyrus
Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cyperus alternifolius, commonly known as umbrella papyrus, umbrella plant, or umbrella sedge, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the sedge family (Cyperaceae). Native to West Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula, it is widely cultivated around the world as an ornamental plant. It typically grows in wetlands, pond margins, and moist garden soils, thriving in warm, humid environments with abundant water. The plant features upright, triangular stems topped with a whorl of slender, radiating bracts that resemble the spokes of an umbrella—its most distinctive trait.

Names

Scientific
   Cyperus alternifolius
English
   Umbrella palm
   Umbrella papyrus
   Umbrella sedge
Dutch
   Parapluplant
Spanish
   Paragüita
French
   Souchet à feuilles alternes
German
   Zypergras
   Zyperngras