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Carex imbecilla, the feeble bastard grass, is a New Zealand sedge that often grows on or near rotten logs in montane forest and subalpine scrub. It is not commercially available, so it is grown mainly from fresh seed or by division of established clumps.
Carex imbecilla, the feeble bastard grass, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae, endemic to New Zealand. It is often found growing on or near rotten logs.
In the North Island this sedge is found from 36 degrees latitude south. In the South Island its range includes Marlborough Sounds, northern Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, South Canterbury, Westland, Fiordland, and it is also present on Stewart Island/ Rākiura.
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 imbecilla 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.
