Cyperaceae
Starrush whitetop
Rhynchospora colorata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 星光草, 白鷺莞, 白鹭莞
- English
- Starrush whitetop, Star Sedge, Stargrass, Starrush whitetop, White star sedge, White-topped sedge
- Japanese
- シラサギカヤツリ
Synonyms
- Cyperus kyllingia Endl.
- Dichroma ciliatum Pers.
- Dichroma ciliatum Ham.
- Dichroma leucocephalum Pers.
- Dichromena ciliata Pers.
- Dichromena colorata (L.) C.L.Hitchc.
- Dichromena drummondiana Steud.
- Dichromena glabra Pers.
- Dichromena leucocephala Michx.
- Dichromena persooniana Nees
- Kyllinga colorata (L.) Druce
- Kyllinga monocephala Rottb.
- Rhynchospora drummondiana Steud.
- Rhynchospora leucocephala (Michx.) Boeckeler
- Rhynchospora persooniana Griseb.
- Rhynchospora stellata (Lam.) Griseb.
- Rhynchospora stellata f. intercedens Kük.
- Schoenus coloratus L.
- Schoenus stellatus Lam.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oeropium, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.