Cyperus papyrus
During autumn, parts of the Nile River are red with lotus flowers. The Lower Nile (North) and the Upper Nile (South) have plants that grow in abundance. The Upper Nile plant is the Egyptian lotus, and the Lower Nile plant is the Papyrus Sedge ("Cyperus papyrus"), although it is not nearly as plentiful as it once was, and is becoming quite rare.