Carex dipsacea

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}

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|image=Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse' - Hillier Gardens - Romsey, Hampshire, England - DSC04571.jpg

|image_caption='Dark Horse' cultivar at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens

|genus=Carex

|species=dipsacea

|authority=Berggr.

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|synonyms=Carex tahoata {{small|Hamlin}}

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Carex dipsacea, the teasel sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to New Zealand.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299477-1 |title=Carex dipsacea Berggr. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=3 July 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Carex dipsacea teasel sedge |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/46499/carex-dipsacea/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=3 July 2022 |quote=12 suppliers }} Preferring poorly drained soils, it is planted as an ornamental for its colorful autumn foliage. There is a cultivar, 'Dark Horse', which is commercially available.{{cite web |title=Carex dipsacea 'Dark Horse' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/226177/i-carex-dipsacea-i-dark-horse/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=3 July 2022 |quote=1 suppliers }}