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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Carex ochrosaccus (C.B.Clarke ex Cheeseman) Hamlin

C. ochrosaccus (Cheesem.) Hamlin Rec. Dom. Mus. Wellington 6, 1968, 99.

Light green, robust, densely tufted, 45-100 cm high. Female spikes c. 5, distant, erect on short peduncles, ± 5 cm × 5 mm, very light brown. Glumes pale cream. Utricles distinctly nerved. Stigmas 3.

N. From Kaitaia southwards to Waikato Lowland; forest, scrub or swamps.

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