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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Carex dissita Sol. ex Boott

C. dissita Boott in Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1853, 284.

Bright green or reddish leafy tufts usually 45-80 cm high, stems drooping above. Female spikes c. 5, ± distant, ± pedunculate, ± 2 cm × 5 mm, usually dark reddish-brown. Stigmas 3.

N., S., St. Lowland to montane, in forest, scrub or swampy ground.

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