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Fuirena ciliaris
Ciliate fuirena
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
15–37 °C
Hardiness
Zone 8–11
Observations
1
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Umbrella grass typically comes from areas that receive a lot of sunlight, like the shallow perimeters of ponds and lakes. It thrives best in full sun, but will also endure partial sun if necessary.
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 15–37.8°C
Umbrella grass is fairly adaptable to temperature, tolerating high heat and wide temperature fluctuations. During hot weather, attention should be paid to watering and providing appropriate shade to avoid sunburn. On the other hand, umbrella grass has limited cold tolerance. While it can handle some chill, very low temperatures can cause frost damage.
Ideal temperature: 15–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual
- Genus
- Fuirena
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 30 cm to 76 cm
- Mature Spread
- 20 cm to 40 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Semi-evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 0.25 cm to 0.51 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Early fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Angola, Namibia, Madagascar, Nigeria, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Koppen, Ghana, Ethiopia, South Korea, Botswana, Congo, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Sudan, Philippines, Mauritania, Laos, Guinea, China, Myanmar, Japan, Togo, Senegal, Eswatini, Côte d'Ivoire, Thailand
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