Everwilde Farms - 1/4 lb Porcupine Sedge Native Grass Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

This moisture-loving species is excellent for marshy areas, swamps, or shorelines. True to its name, this clumped sedge bears prickly, oval seed heads. Like most sedges, this is a cool-season perennial, and so forms seeds early in the season, and drops its seeds in the summer. Renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus first included this species among the sedge plants in his landmark publication Species Plantarum. The genus name "Carex" comes from a Greek word meaning "to cut," referring to the distinctive sharp edges of most sedges. The species name "hystericina" means "like a porcupine," referring to the spiky seed heads.