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Carex capricornis
Capricornis sedge (Carex capricornis) is a small, tufted perennial sedge from temperate eastern Asia, grown mainly as a hardy, low-maintenance ornamental grass-like plant in cool, moist conditions.
Carex capricornis, also known as capricornis sedge, is a sedge that is native to parts of Japan, Korea, eastern parts of China, Mongolia and south eastern parts of Russia.
It is found in temperate biomes in eastern Asia including Siberia and the Primorye and Amur regions of Russia. It is also found in Manchuria, South Central and eastern parts of China as well as Japan, Mongolia and Korea.
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 capricornis 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.
