Butomus umbellatus

pink flowers w/ wasp
Photo Credit: 
Steven Daniel

Found in pond edges and in ditches, often in large patches, and is spreading. Spread can be both by seed or vegetatively along water courses. Although it has been imported for horticultural use, it has proved to be quite invasive in North America and elsewhere.

Plant Information

Common Name(s): 
flowering rush
Type: 
Non-Native
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Invasive Level: 
Invasive in Finger Lakes
Moisture: 
Wet
Light: 
Sun
Part Sun

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