Rhynchospora colorata

Fineleaf Whitetop Sedge, Starrush Whitetop

Cyperaceae

Also known as Dichromena colorata

Plant Specifics

Form:	Grass
Size:	1-2 ft tall by spreads many ft wide
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Fall-winter dormant. Blooms in spring.
Noted for:	Showy flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Can use as a groundcover in moist sites. Good in an informal savanna setting.
Propagation:	Division, seed.
Availability:	Native nurseries, Seed
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)
Moisture Tolerance:	Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Tolerant of inundation with brackish water
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray.
Soil or other substrate:	Loam, Organic material (muck), Sand
Soil pH:	Acidic

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Attracts bees and butterflies.  This is a sedge, and most sedges are wind pollinated, so having a showy "flower" and attracting insects is not common.
Native Habitats:	Wet flatwoods, wet prairie.

Distribution and Planting Zones

Comments

General Comments:

This is a sedge. Most Rhynchospora species are wind pollinated. The white bracts of this species attract insects.