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Carex tibetikobresia

Carex tibetikobresia
Photo: "02101072.tif" - Carex tibetikobresia S.R.Zhang Collected in China (licensed under https://creativecommons.org/publicdom, CC0

Carex tibetikobresia is a tussock-forming perennial sedge from the Cyperaceae family, native to high-altitude subalpine and subarctic areas of Tibet and western and central China. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so it is grown only in specialist or alpine collections.

Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty mineral soil with some organic matter.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; suited to cool summers and cold winters, protect from prolonged heat above 25 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & C. China
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Carex tibetikobresia is a tussock-forming perennial in the family Cyperaceae. It is endemic to Tibet and western and central parts of China.

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 tibetikobresia 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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