Carex forficula

Carex forficula, also known as scissors-like sedge^[1] and xi shui tai cao in pinyin in China,^[2] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan, Korea, and eastern parts of China and Russia.^[3]

Carex forficula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. forficula
Binomial name
Carex forficula Franch. & Sav.

The species was first formally described by the botanists Adrien René Franchet and Ludovic Savatier in 1878 as a part of the work Enumeratio Plantarum in Japonia Sponte Crescentium.^[2]

See also

• List of Carex species