Carnation Sedge - Carex panicea
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.
Graham Calow
Western Park, Leicester
14 June 2014
David Nicholls
Bradgate Park
05 July 2013
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