Carex aurea Nutt. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.
Carex aurea Nutt.
Carex aurea Nutt. is a small sedge that has orange-ripening fruit sacs after flowering.
Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.
This sedge species, Carex aurea Nutt., produces stems that grow up to approximately 40 centimeters, or 16 inches, tall. Its inflorescence bears both staminate and pistillate flowers; pistillate flowers develop into rounded fruits. Each fruit is enclosed in a sac-like structure called a perigynium. When fully grown, the perigynium is fleshy and green, and it turns bright orange just before it detaches from the plant.
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