ON THIS PLANT
Carex secta is a sedge that is endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead by early European settlers, but that has fallen out of use because of its racist connotations. It grows in wetlands.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Carex
- Family
- Cyperaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en makura
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