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Carex flaccosperma
Also called Thin Fruit Sedge
Thinfruit sedge is a clumping, grass-like perennial sedge native to the south-central and southeastern US. It thrives in moist, shady sites such as rain gardens and is resistant to deer.
Carex flaccosperma, the blue wood sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the south-central and southeastern US. Preferring to grow in wet, shady situations and deer resistant, it is recommended for shady areas in rain gardens.
Carex alba · Tall Sedge · Black-spike sedge · Asian Shortstem Sedge · Hair-like sedge · Carex curvula · Common Yellow Sedge · Dioecious sedge · Teasel Sedge · Grassland sedge · Carex dolichostachya · Tufted Sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex flaccosperma by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
