Everwilde Farms - 1 oz Long Awned Bracted Sedge Native Grass Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Rarely found in the wild, this low-growing sedge prefers soils that are on the dry side. If the environment is too wet, it can develop mold or fungus on the plant, which prevents it from going to seed. Like most sedges, this is a cool-season perennial, and so forms seeds early in the season, and drops its seeds in the summer. This particular species of sedge is unique in its ability to adapt to either dry prairie or marshy ground. Renowned botanist Carl Linnaeus first included this species among the sedge plants in his landmark publication Species Plantarum. The genus name "Carex" comes from a Greek word meaning "to cut," referring to the distinctive sharp edges of most sedges. The species name "gravida" means "heavy," since the spiky seed heads tend to bend the slender stems down to the ground.