White-Top Sedge, Star | Dichromena colorata in Family Cyperaceae ... Aquatic Plant Species

Grasses and Sedge type plants are popular around and in the edges (margins à marginal plants) of ponds. These plants tend to grow quite tall so be careful where you use them. The Jamaica Saw-Grass is this kind of aquatic plant.

The aquatic plant Dichromena colorata whose common name is White-Top Sedge, Star which belongs to the family Cyperaceae is a native plant of the USA.

White-Top Sedge, Star is a perennial aquatic which means it grows every year or at least for more than one year. Over time it may look the worse for wear and may need to be replaced in an artifiical pond environment.

Thick leaves are a characteristic of this pond plant. The leaves of White-Top Sedge, Star are narrow.

White-Top Sedge, Star produces yellow flowers and blooms in summer

The plant can be propagated by seed or cutting.

Dichromena colorata whose common name is White-Top Sedge, Star blooms in summer

Dichromena colorata belongs to the plant family Cyperaceae. Like most aquatic plants White-Top Sedge, Star needs a lot of good light to grow at its best. It grows at a moderate rate.