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Schoenus galpinii
Schoenus galpinii is a sedge (Cyperaceae) native to grassland on mountain slopes in eastern southern Africa, including KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and eastern Lesotho. It is a wild species of little horticultural use, grown only occasionally in naturalistic or indigenous gardens, and it is notoriously hard to tell apart from related Schoenus species.
Schoenus galpinii is a species of sedge endemic to eastern southern Africa.
Schoenus galpinii is a sedge species that generally grows in grassland habitats on mountain slopes in the Kwazulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. This species has also been collected from eastern regions of Lesotho.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schoenus galpinii 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.
