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Family
  
Scientific name
  
Carex flacca

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Genus
  
Carex

Higher classification
  
Sedges

Carex flacca Carex flacca glaucous sedge Go Botany

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Sedges, Carex panicea, Vernal sedge, Carex nigra, Carex stricta

Carex flacca blue zinger


Carex flacca, with common names blue sedge, gray carex, glaucous sedge, or carnation-grass, (syn. Carex glauca), is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa. It is frequent in a range of habitats, including grasslands, moorlands, exposed and disturbed soil, and the upper edges of salt marshes. It has naturalized in eastern North America.

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The making of carex flacca


Description

Carex flacca Plant Profile for Carex flacca Blue Creeping Sedge Perennial

Carex flacca leaves are blue-green above, glaucous beneath, to 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) in height. The arching leaves are about as long as the inflorescence, 12–16 inches (30–41 cm). The plant spreads in expanding clumps by lateral shoots rooting. Most stems have two male spikes, close together and often looking like one at first glance. Fruits are 2–2.5 millimetres (0.08–0.10 in), roundish, with a very short beak, under 0.3 millimetres (0.012 in). They are densely packed on the spike, not loose and gappy like Carex panicea. Female spikes are approximately 2–4 centimetres (0.8–1.6 in) long and 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in) wide. Female spikes are typically two, and can be short-stalked and upright, or longer-stalked and nodding.

Cultivation

Carex flacca is cultivated by plant nurseries as an ornamental plant, planted for accent or as a groundcover in gardens and public landscapes. It is also used in drought tolerant landscaping and erosion control plantings. It grows in sun to part shade settings.

Carex flacca Carex flacca at San Marcos Growers

References

Carex flacca Wikipedia


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