Cyperus involucratus Rottb.

Spice Detail flower Flowers Image 2 In the field

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Cyperus

Sinònims: Cyperus alternifolius L. subsp. flabelliformis (Rottb.) KüK.

Catalan common name: Papir. Paraigüets.

Spanish common name: Juncia. Papiro. Paragüitas. Planta paraguas.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Africa

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte. Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Gardens and naturalizated in humid soils.

Characteristics: A green rhizomatous herb that grows to 1,5 m. in height and is characterized by the plume of bracts located of the stem terminal, arranged in an apical rosette. The stem is three-corned and glabrous. Flowers are disposed in composite umbels with thin radii emerging at the centre of the bracteole umbel.