''Carex tasmanica'', called curly sedge (a name its shares with a few other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant 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 ...
, native to Victoria and Tasmania states in Australia.
It gets its common name from the distinctive helical spirals its leaves form when they dry out. Considered a threatened species, none of its populations are in a protected area.
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tasmanica
Endemic flora of Australia
Flora of Tasmania
Flora of Victoria (Australia)
Plants described in 1903
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