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Star Grass Dichromena colorata http://www.vanbloem.com/_ccLib/image/plants/DETA-361.jpg Star grass is actually a sedge (in the family Cyperaceae), native to the South Eastern United States. They have a single green stem, called a bract, leading up to attractive white flowers; this entire stem is part of the reproductive organ. Star Grass grows up two feet tall and needs partial to full sun. It thrives in wet fields, on stream banks and on the edges of marshes and is also tolerant of sands, peats, and silts. It is able to grow in soils with a variable pH (4.6-7.8); making ideal for otherwise unsuitable or changing growing conditions.

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Star-rush, white-top sedge (2012). Retrieved 4/20/12, from http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/367