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Starrush whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
About
Rhynchospora colorata, also known as starrush whitetop, white star sedge and white-topped sedge, is a perennial flowering plant in the sedge family. It has white bracts, giving it the appearance of white petals with long, green points. It is native to southeastern North America, from Virginia west to New Mexico in the United States, and south into the Caribbean islands.
- Family
- Cyperaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Rhynchospora colorata
- Slug
- rhynchospora-colorata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
- Species
- colorata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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