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Carex haematostoma
Carex haematostoma, also known as hong zui tai cao in China, is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of central Asia and China.
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Description
The sedge has a spreading woody rhizome with smooth and tufted culms that are 25 to 70 cm (9.8 to 27.6 in) in height and are surrounded at the base with pale brown coloured sheaths that disintegrate into fibers with age. The flat grey-green coloured leaves have a linear shape and are shorter than the culms and have a width of 1.5 to 3 mm (0.059 to 0.118 in) and have a small spike at the end. The inflorescence is composed of four to eight spike of which two to four are male. They have a cylindrical to club shape and are the 1.4 to 1.8 cm (0.55 to 0.71 in) in length. The female spikes are more cylindrical and are 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.18 in) long.
Range & habitat
The plant is native to the temperate region of Central Asia with a range extending from Kazakhstan in the north west through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan and Pakistan in the south west. The range extends east through the Himalayas including Nepal and Tibet and into southern and central parts of China.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 636820.