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  4. ›monocots
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  11. ›Carex appropinquata
Pukio
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Pukio

Carex secta

Carex secta is a sedge that is endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead by early European settlers but has fallen out of use because of its racist overtones.

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Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 400465.