Carex uhligii K.Schum. ex C.B.Clarke

Perennial herb, sparsely tufted, 0.3-0.7 m high. Leaf blades 2.5-4.0 mm wide, flat to V-shaped. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 1.0-1.5 mm in diam. Inflorescence a slender interrupted panicle, apical co-florescence 7-25 x 5-7 mm. Subtending bracts: lowest with sheath ± 35 mm long. Spikelet bracts (glumes): female shorter than perigynium, ovate, 2-3 x 0.9-1.8 mm, keel excurrent into 1.5-3.0 mm long awn. Perigynium stalked, lanceolate, 4.7-5.5 x 1.5-1.7 mm (including 1.5-2.0 mm long rostrum), 3-angled, nervose, green. Flowering time Aug.-Mar. Nutlet broadly elliptic, 2.5-3.2 x 1.4-1.5 mm, 3-angled.