Biology:Carex oshimensis

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex oshimensis
Carex oshimensis Evergold 3zz.jpg
Carex oshimensis 'Evergold'
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. oshimensis
Binomial name
Carex oshimensis
Nakai[1]
Synonyms[2]

Carex oshimensis f. variegata Hid.Takah.

Carex oshimensis, the Japanese sedge (a name it shares with Carex morrowii), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Japan.[2] With its striped foliage, it is widely used as a non‑spreading ground cover. Its cultivar 'Evergold' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3] Growing to 50 cm (20 in) tall and broad, it has a broad yellow stripe down the centre of each leaf. It is an easy subject for moist soils in sun or partial shade.[3]

References

  1. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 326 (1914)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Carex oshimensis Nakai". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301367-1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' (v) Japanese sedge 'Evergold'". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/45191/Carex-oshimensis-Evergold-(v)/Details. Retrieved 6 October 2020. "Synonyms Carex morrowii 'Evergold'; Carex hachijoensis 'Evergold'; Carex oshimensis 'Everbrite'; Carex oshimensis 'Honeybird'; Carex 'Evergold'" 

Wikidata ☰ Q15578514 entry