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Fine Leaved Bastard Grass

Carex obtusifolia

Carex obtusifolia, fine leaved bastard grass, is a perennial sedge from New Zealand's North and South Islands, grown mainly as a native ornamental or for restoration planting. Give it moist, reasonably fertile soil in sun to part shade.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or garden soil.
Temperature
Cool to mild conditions suit it best; tolerates frost, often grown in subalpine or temperate gardens.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Zealand (incl. Stewart I.)
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Carex obtusifolia is a perennial sedge of the Cyperaceae family that is native to the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand.

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 obtusifolia 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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