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

C. rubicunda Petrie T.N.Z.I. 31, 1899, 353.

Small stiff reddish-brown tufts usually to 10 cm high; rhizome short. Leaves much > stems, plano-convex, tip curled. Inflorescence 1-1.5 cm long, usually hidden among leaves. Spikes 3-4, yellow-brown. Stigmas 2.

N. Kaingaroa Plains, Maungaharuru, Kaimanawa and Ruahine Ranges. S. Lake Te Anau. Tarn edges, and wet hollows in tussock grassland.

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