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Carex secta

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Carex secta is a sedge endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead[1] by early European settlers, but that has fallen out of use because of its racist denotation. It grows in wetlands.[2]

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Carex secta growing at the western end of Lake Clearwater in Canterbury, New Zealand

References

  1. ^ Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Wellington, Government Printer [1]
  2. ^ Carex secta at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
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Carex secta: Brief Summary

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Carex secta is a sedge endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead by early European settlers, but that has fallen out of use because of its racist denotation. It grows in wetlands.

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