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Carex seposita

Carex seposita is a tussock-forming perennial sedge from seasonally dry tropical India, grown mainly as a grass-like ornamental or in naturalistic plantings. Give it free-draining soil and a sunny spot with a dry rest period.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry a little between waterings; reduce water in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained garden soil or loamy mix with some sand.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Carex seposita is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to seasonally dry tropical parts of India.

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 seposita 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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