Carex debilior
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2024}}
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| image = Negria and epiphyte.jpg
| image_caption = Mount Gower
| genus = Carex
| species = debilior
| authority = (F.Muell.) K.L.Wilson
| synonyms =
- Uncinia debilior F.Muell.
- Uncinia filiformis var. debilior (F.Muell.) W.R.B.Oliv.
- Carex debilior
}}
Carex debilior is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. The specific epithet derives from the Latin {{lang|la|debilis}} ("weak" or "feeble"), with reference to the species having weaker culms than Carex austrocompacta.{{cite web |url= http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=53244 |title=Uncinia debilior |accessdate=2014-02-05 |work=Flora of Australia Online: Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 49 (1994) |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study}}
Description
It is a tufted perennial, with filiform culms, growing to 15–50 cm in height. The grasslike leaves are 5–10 cm longer than the culms and 0.5–1 mm wide. The slender inflorescence is 4–7 cm long, with the lowermost 20–30 flowers female, and the uppermost 5–10 male.
Distribution and habitat
The sedge is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It occurs in low forest on and around the summits of Mount Lidgbird and Mount Gower at the southern end of the island.
References
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Category:Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
Category:Plants described in 1874
Category:Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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