tussock
Tussock may refer to:
* Tussock grass, a group of species in the family Poaceae
*Floating island
* Lymantriinae, called tussock moths or tussocks
See also
* Hassock (disambiguation)
Hassock may refer to:
* Kneeler, a cushion or a piece of f ...
-forming species of perennial
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...
in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
. It is
native
Native may refer to:
People
* Jus soli, citizenship by right of birth
* Indigenous peoples, peoples with a set of specific rights based on their historical ties to a particular territory
** Native Americans (disambiguation)
In arts and entert ...
to parts of
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
.
The plant was first formally described by the botanist Adrien René Franchet in 1884 as a part of the work ''Plantae Davidianae ex Sinarum Imperio''.