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Cyperaceae
Watergrass
Bulbostylis barbata
Also known as Iria barbata, Abildgaardia barbata, Cockspur grass, Fimbristylis barbata
Tropical Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Sedge · Watergrass · Bog · Terrarium · Houseplant · Moist · Tropical · Aquatic · Small
This small sedge thrives in consistently moist conditions and makes an attractive houseplant or bog garden specimen. Provide bright indirect light and maintain steady moisture levels without waterlogging. Ideal for terrariums or water features.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, provide good drainage · Every 3-5 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
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, East Himalaya, Ethiopia
Sources: trefle, usda
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