''Carex erythrovaginata'', the lax bastard grass, 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 New Zealand. A stout tussock-former reaching , its dark green leaves are strongly

scabrid This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary o ...

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erythrovaginata Endemic flora of New Zealand Flora of the North Island Flora of the South Island Plants described in 2015 {{Carex-stub