Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Sedge or Rush
Origin
Southern Europe
World/Pandemic
Types
Fine leaved sheep's fescue
Papyrus
Number of Varieties
115
0
40000
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Habitat
Mountain Slopes, Pastures
Grassland, Wet lands
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-87-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8 - 1
12-7
Sunset Zone
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
H1, H2, 16, 17, 23, 24
Habit
Spreading
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
5.10 cm20.30 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
4.90 cm25.40 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Pale White
Green, Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Blue Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Blue Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Tan
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Medium
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
-
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings, vegetative cuttings
Bulbs, Divison, Rhizome division, Tubers
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Never Over-water
Do not let dry out between waterings, Keep ground moist, Keep the Soil well drained
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Clay, Loam
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Prune after flowering, Prune for size control, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
can go long without fertilizers
Pests and Diseases
Brown patch, Gray leaf blight, Pythium blight, Rust, Zoysia patch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Full Sun, Heat And Humidity
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Showy
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
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
Sometimes
Sometimes
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Mealybugs, Mites
Birds, Butterflies, Flying insects
Allergy
Skin rash, Vomiting, Watery eyes
Itchiness, Skin rash
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover, Used in parkland
Beautification, Bog Garden, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Prevent Soil Erosion
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antispasmodic
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
-
Other Uses
Animal Feed, Used as Ornamental plant
Container, Decoration Purposes, Florist trade and landscaping, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover, Lawns and Turf
Bog Garden, Container, Tropical, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
FESTUCA brevipila
Cyperus papyrus
Common Name
Hard Fescue
Dwarf papyrus, Miniature papyrus
In Hindi
Hard fescue
dwarf papyrus
In German
Echter Schaf-Schwingel
Zwerg Papyrus
In French
Hard fescue
papyrus nain
In Spanish
fétuque ovine
papiro enano
In Greek
HARD φεστούκα
νάνος πάπυρο
In Portuguese
Hard fescue
papiro anão
In Polish
Hard fescue
krasnolud papirus
In Latin
Hard fescue
P. papyrus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Cyperaceae
Genus
Festuca
Cyperus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
300700
1
27800
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