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

C. geminata Schkuhr Riedgr. 1, 1801, 65, t.W, f. 75 excl. t. Pp.

Robust, rhizomatous, to 1.5 m high. Female spikes in twos, threes or occasionally fives at each inflorescence-node, brown, pendulous on long peduncles. Utricles ± 2.5-3 mm long, not easily punctured; beak minute. Stigmas 2.

N. Southward from Auckland City. S. Scattered. St. Damp or swampy ground; usually sea-level to montane.

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