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Glen Murray Tussock

Carex flagellifera

Also called Trip Me Up

Glen Murray Tussock
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Glen Murray Tussock is a clump-forming sedge with weeping, reddish-brown arching foliage, grown for its textural look in gardens. It thrives in moist, well-drained soil and tolerates a range of conditions once established.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during establishment, then water during dry spells.
Soil
Moist, well-drained garden soil; tolerates heavier or wetter soils.
Temperature
Hardy to around -5 °C; protect from prolonged hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Tasmania, New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Carex flagellifera, the weeping brown sedge or Glen Murray tussock sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.

Where it grows

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

Other Carex plants

Carex alba · Tall Sedge · Black-spike sedge · Asian Shortstem Sedge · Hair-like sedge · Carex curvula · Common Yellow Sedge · Dioecious sedge · Teasel Sedge · Grassland sedge · Carex dolichostachya · Tufted Sedge

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex flagellifera 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.

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