Botanical Name:
Carex comans
Common Name:
Longwood tussock, maurea
Family:
Cyperaceae
Description:
A NZ native low growing sedge, with drooping spreading leaves. The foliage colour can vary from reddish brown to shades of grey and green. Found naturally in damp pasture and tussock throughout New Zealand.
H: 30-40cm
Uses:
For its texture and colour, good for the front of a border or grouped as a groundcover.
Propagation:
By division or seed
Reference:
The gardeners encyclopaedia to new zealand native plants by Yvonne Cave and Valda Paddison.
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