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Internal ID UUID643ff2d34c910987835999
Scientific name Carex obscuriceps
Authority Kük.
First published in Pflanzenr. , IV, 20(38): 723 (1909)

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It is an evergreen grass-like plant that grows in clumps and can reach heights of up to 1.5 m. The leaves are long and narrow, and the flowers are small and greenish-brown. The plant is often used as an ornamental in gardens and parks.

Carex obscuriceps is a tussock-forming perennial in the family Cyperaceae native to parts of Asia. It is an evergreen grass-like plant that grows in clumps and can reach heights of up to 1.5 m. Its leaves are long and narrow, and its flowers are small and greenish-brown. It is often used as an ornamental in gardens and parks.

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Chinese 褐紫鳞薹草
Chinese 褐紫鳞苔草

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000349416
Tropicos 9910650
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301276-1
The Plant List kew-229164
Open Tree Of Life 7047335
Observations.org 316943
NCBI Taxonomy 2508828
IPNI 301276-1
iNaturalist 82312
GBIF 2722528
Elurikkus 290284
Wikipedia Carex_obscuriceps

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