Cyperaceae FAMILY

Carex leporina

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Carex leporina is a perennial plant forming dense clumps of grass-like leaves with fertile stems around 20 - 90cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - throughout Europe, east to western Siberia, Mongolia, western China and western Himalayas; N. Africa - Morocco, Algeria

HabitatRough grassy places on acid soils[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. Wet meadows and bog margins, although exceptionally it can grow on psychoxerophilic meadows; tolerates soil nitrification well; at elevations from 50 - 3,400 metres[ 1548 Title Flora Iberica Publication Author Website http://www.floraiberica.es Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Published in book form, the treatments of the various species have also been released on-line in PDF format. Records entered here are all from the on-line PDFs. ].