| Scientific Name: | Carex conica 'Snowline' |
| Common Name: | variegated Japanese sedge |
| Family Name: | Cyperaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Poales (grass-like) |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Alpine, Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Small garden/space, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Grass-like, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Purple, Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small variegated sedge; leaves locally evergreen, basal, linear, 10-20cm long x 8-12mm wide, dark green with white margins, base of leaves are triangular in cross-section. | |