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Schoenus filiculmis
Wiry Veldrush (Schoenus filiculmis) is a sedge-like grass relative from the western mountains of South Africa's Western and Northern Cape, growing in fynbos. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so care advice is drawn from its native habitat.
Schoenus filiculmis is a species of sedge endemic to the western mountains of the Western Cape and Northern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Schoenus filiculmis grows in the western mountains of the Northern Cape and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa. This species generally grows within wet to arid fynbos vegetation on mountain slopes.
Adnate Veldrush · Whitesheath Veldrush · Smooth bogrush · Sand Veldrush · Gold Sunrush · Fleshy Veldrush · Southern Veldrush · Spotted Veldrush · Bristleglume Veldrush · Zig Zag Bogrush · Brown Veldrush · Schoenus calcatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenus filiculmis 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.
