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Which type of grass?

 
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I was thinking Vetiver but after a quick look at google images, I'm pretty sure it's not.

The stalk is thick and round. Grows about waist-high at the tall end.
It flowers.

I think it's pretty. Seems like it could be a nice edging plant for landscaping.
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Is it a grass, though?

"Sedges have edges, (reeds/rushes, I've heard both ways...) are round, grasses have nodes and willows abound." In any case I can't really tell if it has nodes in the picture...


 
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Might it be this?
http://www.irishwildflowers.ie/pages-rushes/r-07.html

That's a good rhyme to remember.
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I agree, it does look like a juncus (or rush), which has very round, stiff leaves.
 
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