Starrush Whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
Starrush whitetop is an ornamental sedge whose flowers are ringed by showy, star-like white bracts, lighting up wet pinelands and rain gardens. A standout for bog plantings.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Type
- grass
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX, VA