Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratus
Fragrant flatsedge is a robust annual-to-short-lived sedge of wet shores, ditches, and pond edges, its golden-brown seed heads feeding waterfowl and songbirds.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, larval host, mammals
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, rain garden, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV