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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Carex pendula

by Kurt Stüber
Common Name(s)
hanging sedge, drooping sedge, pendulous sedge

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  grass

Madeira Islands, Algeria, Morocco, Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Iran; Iraq; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey; much of Europe

Carex pendula (hanging sedge) is an ornamental sedge in the Cyperaceae that is native to Europe. It can grow up to 6 feet tall. Leaf tips are red-brown to purple in color. It spreads via rhizomes and seeds and favors forest, riparian, and meadow habitat. 

Grown as an ornamental.

External Resources
U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
USDA PLANTS database
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