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Cyperaceae
Golden beak sedge
Rhynchospora corymbosa
Also known as Rhynchospora aurea, golden sedge, beak sedge, Dichromena corymbosa
Zones 4–9Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare Moderate
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Tropical · Wetland · Golden · Seed-Heads · Bog · Humidity · Greenhouse · Rare · Sedge
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Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
Golden beak sedge is a tropical wetland specialist with attractive golden-brown seed heads. Requires consistently wet soil and high humidity. Best suited for greenhouse cultivation or outdoor bog gardens in warm climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Maintain consistently moist soil conditions · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 15 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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