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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Carex capillacea Boott

C. capillacea Boott Ill. Caric. 1, 1858, 44, t.110.

Rather flaccid yellow-green tufts to 10 cm high. Inflorescence a solitary ebracteate spike 5-8 mm long, male flowers above, female below. Glumes light brown. Utricles green. Stigmas 3.

S. Nelson; Marlborough; Canterbury; Southland; local. In swampy ground. (Japan, China, India, Philippines, Celebes, New Guinea, Australia)

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