Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Carex fascicularis 2 synonyms: Carex forsteri var. fascicularis, Carex pseudocyperus var. fascicularis |
| Common Name: | frog grass, tassel sedge |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Rush / Sedge, Grass Like / Strappy, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Partial Shade
Moist, Wet |
| Size (HxW): | 1 m high |
| Foliage: | Bright green leaves 6-11 mm wide, swollen at inner partitions. Same size as flowering stems. Sheath yellow-brown, appendage pointed. |
| Flowers: | Spreading flowerhead 6-25 cm long; 3-6 long-stalked, drooping spikes, 1 per node; upper spike male; lower spikes mostly female. Fruit dark brown, veined, deeply split on tip, style 3-branched. Nut yellow-brown, October-April |
| General Comments: | Densely tufted sedge spreading from short underground stems. Flowering stems erect, rough above, 3-angled in cross section, to 1m high, leafy bract much longer than flowerhead. A bright sedge with attractive tassel spikes for water areas and beside ornamental pools. Tolerates planting within the water's edge. Frog habitat. |
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