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

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

Tufts squat, coarse-leaved, pale green, 2-7 cm high; rhizome short, woody. Stems almost hidden by dark brown leaf-sheaths. Inflorescence an ovate, brownish head ± 7 × 7 mm with 2-4 congested sessile spikes. Male flowers at tip of spike. Utricles ± papillose, winged. Stigmas 2.

S. Canterbury - Old Man Range; Central Otago. Alpine, in dwarfed cushion vegetation on exposed sites and snowbanks.

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