Carnation Sedge - Carex panicea

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Description

This plant reaches 10 to 60 cm and has short creeping rhizomes that bear small tufts of shoots. It is a very glaucous sedge with distinctive knobbly looking fruits.

Identification difficulty
Recording advice

The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification

Habitat

Marshes and heath grassland.

When to see it

Perennial.

UK Status

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain except for a small area around The Wash.

VC55 Status

Occasional in the east and more frequent in the west of our area. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 60 of the 617 tetrads.

be our species champion

  • Graham Calow
    Western Park, Leicester
    14 June 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Bradgate Park
    05 July 2013

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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