Carex punctata
Family
Cyperaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Sedges
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CARPUN
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1980
Origin
West and South Europe to S.W. Sweden
Etymology
carex: Latin name for a species of sedge, now applied to the whole group.
punctata: From the Latin punctatus ‘dotted’, referring to a patten of small round dots