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Cyperaceae
Starrush whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
Also known as starrush sedge, white-top sedge, Rhynchospora colorata, Dichromena persooniana
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Wetland · Bog · Rain-Garden · White · Bracts · Moisture · Native · Ornamental · Sedge
Starrush whitetop produces distinctive white bracts that resemble stars, making it an attractive wetland plant. Requires consistently moist soil and partial shade. Excellent for rain gardens, bog gardens, and naturalized wetland areas.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · 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
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 2.5 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bermuda, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Florida, French Guiana, GaláPagos, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is.
- Attracts
- Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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