| Scientific Name: | Cyperus spp. |
| Common Name: | papyrus, umbrella plant |
| Family Name: | Cyperaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, Africa - southern, Africa - tropical, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Aquatic plant, Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Aquatic - ponds, Container planting, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Bog |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Stems grass-like, three sided, green, with whorl of leaf-like bracts at tips that resemble umbrella spokes; flowers in greenish-brown clusters on or amongst the bracts. | |