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Carex meyenii
Also called Meyen's carex
Meyen's sedge (Carex meyenii) is a tussock-forming perennial sedge native to parts of Hawaii, in the Cyperaceae family. It is a grass-like plant that grows in clumps and is generally grown for its foliage in moist, shaded conditions.
Carex meyenii, commonly known as Meyen's sedge, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Hawaii.
Th species was first described by the botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1841 as published in Cyperaceae . It has two synonyms; Carex remyi and Carex brunnea var. meyenii. The type specimen was collected in 1831 by Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen on the island of Oahu.
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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.
