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Carex agastachys is a tufted perennial sedge native from central and southeastern Europe east to northern Iran, grown as a hardy garden or woodland grass. It needs moist to damp soil and partial shade for best results.
Carex agastachys is a species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Europe and extends eastward through the Caucasus and Anatolia to northern Iran.
The species was historically treated as part of a broad concept of Carex pendula, but morphological and molecular studies have demonstrated that C. agastachys and C. pendula are distinct species.
Carex agastachys is native to a broad region extending from central and southeastern Europe eastwards to northern Iran. Its distribution includes Germany, Austria, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Ukraine, Crimea, the North Caucasus, Transcaucasia and northern Iran.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex agastachys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
