| Description | Blue Sedge (Carex flacca) is a small slow creeping fine textured Carex with blue-gray foliage |
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| Pronunciation | (KAIR-ex)(FLAH-ca) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Sedge and Rush |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-9 |
| Sunlight | shade, light shade, full sun with moisture |
| Moisture | tolerates average, best in moist |
| Soil & Site | average,, fertile |
| Leaves | fine texture, blue-gray, 6-12 inches long, forms rhyzomes, not invasive |
| Stems | rhizomes |
| Dimensions | 6 inches tall |
| Maintenance | cut back |
| Propagation | division |
| Native Site | Native to calcareous grasslands, sand dunes and estuary marshes in Europe.(#103) |
| Misc Facts | AKA:, Glaucous Sedge, Carnation-Grass, Carex glauca |
| Notes & Reference | #92-The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grass (John Greenlee), #103-The Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses (Rick Darke) |
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