This sedge forms thick clumps that will stand 12" tall but then flop over as the seed begins to ripen. The fine texture, clump-forming habit, dark color of the foilage, star-like perigynium, and preference for full to partial shade make Carex radiata a nice addition to any shaded home landscape. Although it can grow in medium-moisture soils, it ...

Carex radiata, commonly known as eastern star sedge (star-like flower clusters) or straight-styled wood sedge (tip of the female flower known as the style is straight rather than curled), is an evergreen perennial that typically produces a dense foliage clump to 8-12” tall of narrow, grass-like, medium green blades. This sedge is native to ...

Carex radiata is a low-growing native sedge That's surprisingly useful and adaptable. It grows in mesic to wet-mesic forests throughout the Central and Eastern U.S. and Canada.

Carex radiata is a common sedge found in moist to mesic deciduous or mixed woods, floodplain forests, pond edges, wetland margins, and only occasionally in more open areas. It is a great addition to a shade garden, developing large mounds and numerous flowering spikes, but robust plants tend to flatten out at maturity—an interesting phenomenon.

Eastern Star Sedge - Grow Native! Season of Interest: Early (Feb - Apr), Mid (May - June) Group together to form a clumping ground cover, especially in areas with moist soils, like low spots near streams or ponds. Needs consistent moisture. Dense, clump-forming sedge with yellowish green inflorescences atop triangular stems.

Eastern Star Sedge is an excellent low-growing ornamental sedge for moist to medium soils. Carex radiata, Eastern Star Sedge, forms dense tufts of slender leaf blades in light to medium shade. Small star-like flower clusters appear in late spring.

LANDSCAPE USES: Carex radiata is a valuable Groundcover or Edging Plant for a Shade Garden. This sedge is lovely when Grouped or Massed with spring wildflowers and is reported to be a good Lawn Substitute. The unique leaf texture allows …

Carex radiata has widest leaf blades 1.3–1.9 mm wide, which is intermediate between C. appalachica and C. rosea. In terms of its stem thickness near the base, C. radiata is closer to C. appalachica with a measurement of 0.8–1.5 mm (see identification key …

Carex radiata, the eastern star sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to central and eastern North America. [1] It is cultivated for its yellowish-green foliage and its relatively—for a sedge—showy flowers. [2]

Carex radiata is a fine-textured clumping sedge, almost identical in growing habit and appearance to Carex rosea. In fact, the only way to tell them apart is to examine their inflorescence with a loupe. Eastern star sedge is best grown under filtered light and in …