Dichromena latifolia ~ Star Rush, White-Top Sedge

Dichromena latifolia ~ Star Rush, White-Top SedgeStar Rush is a native clumping grass with upright fine foliage. A sedge like a plant with 3 10 white pointed bracts at the tops resembling flowers while the true, tiny and inconspicuous yellow flowers are at the end of white spikelets all of which appear through summer. Prefers partial sun and wet, acidic soil. Attracts Butterflies and pollinators. Type: Orn. Grass Origins: Coastal Southeast N. America; GA Native Height: 1' 3 Spread: 1 2 Spacing: 1. 5

Star-Rush is a native clumping grass with upright fine foliage. A sedge like a plant with 3-10 white pointed bracts at the tops resembling flowers while the true, tiny and inconspicuous yellow flowers are at the end of white spikelets all of which appear through summer.  Prefers partial sun and wet, acidic soil.  Attracts Butterflies and pollinators.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  It can tolerate standing water and all but driest conditions.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Garden, Native Garden, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, Pond edges, Marshs and Water Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Turtlehead, Fern, Baptisia

IMAGES: Jay Horn, Rhynchospora latifolia 40827184, CC BY 4.0, (2) Flowers - Late Spring, Nancy Kurul, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) jimduggan24, Rhynchospora latifolia 9bIR1

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.