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Carex madida

Uncinia lacustris

Carex madida is a sedge (family Cyperaceae) native to high-altitude grassland in Ecuador. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is general for cool, moist sedges.

Family: Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the growing season, and avoid letting it dry out completely.
Soil: Moist, fertile, well-drained soil or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature: 10–20 °C; protect below 0 °C
How easy: Moderate

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Carex madida is a species of plant in the family Cyperaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

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 madida 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.

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