Carex tasmanica
Species of flowering plant
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Carex tasmanica, called curly sedge (a name its shares with a few other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Victoria and Tasmania states in Australia.[1] It gets its common name from the distinctive helical spirals its leaves form when they dry out.[2] Considered a threatened species, none of its populations are in a protected area.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. tasmanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex tasmanica | |
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