| Scientific Name: | Carex buchananii |
| Common Name: | leatherleaf sedge |
| Family Name: | Cyperaceae |
| Origin: | Australia / New Zealand |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Alpine, Aquatic - ponds, Bedding plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Grass-like, Basal, Leathery, Glabrous, Linear, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, linear, 50-70cm long x 0.5-1mm wide, leathery and bronze year-round, upright with tips curled, margins serrulate. | |