Cyperaceae FAMILY
Carex nubigena
Carex nubigena
Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Carex nubigena is a perennial plant growing from a rhizomatous rootstock. The rhizome is short, producing a dense clump of grass-like leaves around 10 - 70cm tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeE. Asia - Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, southern and central China, Japan, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia (Java)
HabitatStreamsides, forest margins and roadsides on slopes, grassy slopes, wet places; at elevations from 1,100 - 3,700 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].