Carex trifida

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Engvarb|date=October 2024}}

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|image=Carex trifida Rekohu Sunrise (13623991415).jpg

|image_caption='Rekohu Sunrise' cultivar

|image2=Carex trifida kz01.jpg

|image2_caption=At Dunedin Botanic Garden

|genus=Carex

|species=trifida

|authority=Cav.

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• Carex incrassata {{small|Sol. ex Boott}}
• Carex rekohu {{small|Petrie}}

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Carex trifida, the mutton-bird sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Macquarie Island of Australia, the South Island, the Antipodes Islands, and the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, southern Chile, and the Falkland Islands.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302717-1 |title=Carex trifida Cav. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=1 July 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/carex-trifida |title=Carex trifida Fact Sheet (content continuously updated) |last1=de Lange |first1=P.J. |date=2022 |website=nzpcn.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=1 July 2022 }} There are a number of cultivars, including 'Rekohu Sunrise', 'Glauca', and 'Chatham Blue'.{{cite web |title=Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise'^PBR (v) |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/274497/carex-trifida-rekohu-sunrise-pbr-(v)/details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=1 July 2022 |quote=13 suppliers }}{{cite web |title=Carex trifida 'Glauca' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/149130/carex-trifida-glauca/details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=1 July 2022 }}{{cite web |title=Carex trifida 'Chatham Blue' |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/168211/carex-trifida-chatham-blue/details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate= |quote=2 suppliers }}