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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Carex trifida Cav.

C. trifida Cav. Icon. Descr. 5, 1799, 41, t. 465.

Very robust dense wide-leaved tussocks to 1 m high. Inflorescence of 6-9 (or more) sturdy, ± approximate, ± sessile, chestnut-brown spikes to 10 × 1.5 cm. Glumes > utricles. Stigmas 3.

S. Stephens Id (Cook Strait); Canterbury - near Akaroa; Otago - near Dunedin, Catlins; Fiordland; Southland coast and Foveaux Strait. St., Ch., Sn., Ant., A., C. Usually coastal. (Falkland Is. Chile)

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