Carex flagellifera Colenso is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex flagellifera Colenso

Carex flagellifera Colenso

Carex flagellifera is a flowering sedge species native to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Chatham Islands.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Carex flagellifera Colenso

Scientific name: Carex flagellifera Colenso

Introduction: Carex flagellifera, commonly called the weeping brown sedge or Glen Murray tussock sedge, is a species of flowering plant that belongs to the family Cyperaceae.

Distribution: It is native to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Chatham Islands. It has also been introduced to the Kermadec Islands and Great Britain.

Photo: (c) Pat Enright, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pat Enright · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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