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Carex thunbergii
Carex thunbergii, Maui sedge, is a tussock-forming perennial grass-like sedge from eastern Asia, grown for its fine, arching foliage. It is easy to grow in moist, well-drained soil in partial shade to sun.
Carex thunbergii is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of eastern Asia from around Manchuria in the west to Japan in the east. It is found in Primorye to the north to Korea in the south.
The sedge has a rhizome producing long runners. The culm has a triangular cross-section and are 40 to 100 cm (16 to 39 in) in height. The smooth culms can have a rough texture toward the top and are surrounded at the base by sheaths with a light brown colour that fall apart into a fibrous mass with age. The flat linear leaves are about the same length as the culms and are about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide with rough margins.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex thunbergii 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.
