Scientific Name:	Carex elata 'Aurea'
Pronunciation:	KAIR-ecks ih-LAY-tuh
Common Name:	Bowles' golden sedge
Family Name:	Cyperaceae
Plant Type:	Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Poales (grass-like)
Key ID Features:	Leaves variegated with a wedge, to 90 cm high; fruit typical of sedges (2 mm by 1.2 cm, brown, like tight wheat-like).
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching Form: Mounded, Oval - horizontal Texture: Fine Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog Water Use: Moderate, Wetlands Landscape Uses: Container planting, Dried flower or fruit, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Spring interest, Wetland - bogs Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Grass-like, Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green, Yellow, Green margins, yellow leaf center Colour in Fall: Brown Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Linear Apices: Acuminate Bases: Attenuate Margins:

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Colour (petals): Showy, Yellow Flower Scent: None Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Deer resistant, Drought resistant, Mites

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZN) GAZebo North : q.1 (PHA) PolyHouse and Area Location Map

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