Carex devia Cheeseman
Loose reddish-green tufts to 30 cm high. Male spike to 3 mm diam., usually clavate. Female spikes 2-3, ± distant, sessile, ± 2.5 cm × 5 mm, dark red-purple. Stigmas 2.
S. D' Urville Id; Nelson; Marlborough - Wairau Valley; Canterbury - Lewis Pass, Doubtful River. Serpentine scree, boggy openings in forest and on stream margins, lowland to subalpine.
