Re: mystery carex
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] mystery carex
- From: G* O*
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 07:59:29 -0400
At 09:49 AM 10/23/99 -0700, you wrote:
>It may have been Carex plantaginea, leaves almost an inch wide with very
>defined veins, and a puckery texture, native to the east coast somewhere.
>It is evergreen, and a real good shade tolerant plant.
>
>Does that sound like the one?
>
>Diana
>
I think you and Roberta are right, Diana. The people that sold it to me
specialize in native plants (I'm in East Tenn). I've looked it up in Hortus
III, and and there is a picture under the Family Cyperacae that looks just
like it (sans flower, of course).
Your description of it as a southeastern native reminded me of Fraser's
Sedge (Cymophyllus Fraseri, formerly Carex Fraseri) a great favorite of
mine that grows in the high altitudes of the Smokies. Anybody out there
grow it?
Gerry
