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Volume II (1970) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Monocotyledons except Graminae
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Carex secta var. tenuiculmis Petrie

Var. tenuiculmis Petrie in T.N.Z.I. 52, 1920, 19.

Original localities: "Damp localities in eastern and southern Otago: D.P. Damp localities in the Hanmer and Castle Hill districts, North Canterbury: Arnold Wall! Damp localities in Chatham Islands: L. Cockayne! W. R. B. Oliver!". Lectotype: CANTY, 3377, near Waimakariri R., Craigieburn, A. Wall, Feb., 1919.

Culms 20–50 cm. × c. 1 mm. Lvs c. 2 mm. wide. Infl. 6–20–(30) cm. long, ± pend., either an unbranched axis with a few small distant spikes, or sparingly branched below.

DIST.: S. Mainly in inland Canterbury, rare in Nelson and Otago. St., Ch.

Sea level to c. 650 m. altitude.

Some plants have reddish lvs and culms.

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