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Cyperus alternifolia - Umbrella Plants (1407 readers)
Contributed by amazon 08.06 2007 on 06:50:19 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on TitleUmbrella plant is a close cousin of the papyrus plant of ancient Egypt, which it resembles. Like papyrus, it also forms clumps in wet and boggy areas, although it will thrive in drier situations as well. Also like papyrus, all the leaves are arranged atop triangular stems. But while papyrus has 12 wiry leaves, those of umbrella plant are narrow and flattened and only 6 to 10 long. They are symmetrically arranged around the stem in a disk, resembling the petals on a daisy. Small greenish flowers ...
Cyperus percamenthus - Dwarf Giant Papyrus (878 readers)
Contributed by amazon 02.08 2007 on 10:26:18 Topic: Plants / Perennials Match on TitleLong on beauty and history, papyrus has been known and used by Man for millennia. Soft green clouds of papyrus lined the Nile River during the time of the pharaohs. The infant Moses was found among the bulrushes. Ancient Egyptians kept records of their pyramid building activities on papyrus sheets, from which we get the word paper. Today papyrus is appreciated for its beauty and is often used in ornamental landscapes. Like other sedges, the stem is triangular in cross section, and contains a whi ...
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