Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Sedge or Rush
Shrub
Origin
World/Pandemic
Europe, Western Asia
Types
Cyperus esculentus
Euonymus europaeus
Number of Varieties
915
0
40000
👆🏻
Habitat
Wild
Floodplains, Open Forest
USDA Hardiness Zone
5-124-7
0
99
👆🏻
AHS Heat Zone
12-1
7-1
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16
Habit
Mat-forming
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm370.00 cm
0
3900
👆🏻
Minimum Width
30.00 cm900.00 cm
0
6350
👆🏻
Plant Color
Flower Color
Orange, Gold, Bronze, Tan
Yellow green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Dark Brown
Orange
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Yellow green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Yellow green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green
Yellow, Red, Yellow green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Yellow green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
V-Shaped
Ovate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Summer
Late Spring
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
creeping rhizomes, Seedlings, Tubers
Seedlings, Transplanting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Requires consistently moist soil
Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Requires a lot of watering, Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune in late winter, Prune in spring, Remove dead leaves, Remove shoots
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Rust
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
-
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Pigs
Birds
Allergy
Oral Allergy
Asthma
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
Beautification, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Protects from sun damage
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Aphrodisiac, Digestive, Diuretic, Tonic
-
Part of Plant Used
Fruits
Fruits, Seeds
Other Uses
For making oil, used for weaving hats
Decoration Purposes, Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
-
Hedges, Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
CYPERUS esculentus
EUONYMUS europaeus
Common Name
Nut Sedge,chufa sedge, nut grass, yellow nutsedge
European spindle
In Hindi
अखरोट सेज
आम धुरी
In German
Nuss -Segge
gemeinsamen Spindel
In French
souchet
axe commun
In Spanish
tuerca de la juncia
husillo Común
In Greek
καρύδι σπαθόχορτο
κοινή άξονα
In Portuguese
Nut Sedge
eixo comum
In Polish
nakrętka turzyca
wspólna wrzeciona
In Latin
nut Sedge
commune fusum
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheobionta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Poales
Celastrales
Family
Cyperaceae
Celastraceae
Genus
Cyperus
Euonymus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
Cypereae
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
10530
1
27800
👆🏻