Fragrant Flatsedge
Cyperus odoratusnative · Central Texas
Fragrant Flatsedge is a grass native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun and medium water. Blooms brown in late summer. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Grass
- Sun
- Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Medium
- Height
- About 3 ft
- Bloom
- Late Summer · brown
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
121 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.