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Southern Sedge

Carex halleriana

Southern Sedge
Photo: Luis nunes alberto, CC BY-SA 4.0

Carex halleriana is a tufted perennial sedge of rocky and grassy slopes in southern Europe and western Asia, rarely grown as an ornamental. It does best in free-draining soil in full sun with little summer water.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or lime-tolerant soil.
Temperature
Hardy to about -15 °C; protect from prolonged waterlogged cold.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Europe, Medit. to Afghanistan
Climate
temperate

About

Carex halleriana is a species of sedge found on rocky and grassy slopes. It occurs from Western Asia to southern Europe and northwest Africa.

Other Carex plants

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 halleriana 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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