Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Sedge or Rush
Origin
-
World/Pandemic
Types
-
Papyrus
Number of Varieties
1015
0
40000
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Habitat
Subtropical climates, Sunny Edge
Grassland, Wet lands
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99997-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
12-7
Sunset Zone
21,22
H1, H2, 16, 17, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm20.30 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
10.00 cm25.40 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Orange, Pink, Hot Pink, Coral, Crimson, Lavender, Ivory
Green, Brown
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Gray Green, Dark Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Long linear and narrow
Grass like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Medium
Medium
Type of Soil
-
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
From bulbs
Bulbs, Divison, Rhizome division, Tubers
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs very little 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
-
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
-
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Cut back the foliage when the plants die back naturally, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
can go long without fertilizers
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Full Sun
Drought
Flowers
Showy
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
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Bees, Butterflies, pollinators
Birds, Butterflies, Flying insects
Allergy
-
Itchiness, Skin rash
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Informal Hedge, Mixed Border, Showy Purposes
Beautification, Bog Garden, Showy Purposes, Used for decorating walls, fences, gates, hedges, etc.
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification, Deer resistant, Food for insects
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Bulbs
-
Other Uses
bulb used as starch
Container, Decoration Purposes, Florist trade and landscaping, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Feature Plant, Mixed Border
Bog Garden, Container, Tropical, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
LYCORIS
Cyperus papyrus
Common Name
Naked Ladies, Spiderlily, Surprise Lily
Dwarf papyrus, Miniature papyrus
In Hindi
surprise lily
dwarf papyrus
In German
Überraschung Lilie
Zwerg Papyrus
In French
Lycoris squamigera
papyrus nain
In Spanish
Lycoris squamigera
papiro enano
In Greek
surprise lily
νάνος πάπυρο
In Portuguese
surpresa lírio
papiro anão
In Polish
niespodzianka lilia
krasnolud papirus
In Latin
surprise lily
P. papyrus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
-
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Poales
Family
Amaryllidaceae
Cyperaceae
Genus
Lycoris
Cyperus
Clade
Angiosperms, Monocotyledonous
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
Amaryllidoideae
-
Number of Species
10700
1
27800
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