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The Lanceolate sedge (Carex lanceolata) belongs to Cyperaceae (the Sedge family). It is a perennial herb that is distributed throughout Japan, the Korean Peninsula, China, and northeast Asia. It grows in dry, sunny places and rocky areas in the hills and fields. It grows 10 to 40 cm tall, and also grows in large bushy clumps. The leaves are slender, 1.5 to 2 mm wide, and 15 to 40 cm long. As it grows, the leaves emerge erect and droop at the tips in a soft curve. From April to June, it grows a thin flower stalk with 3 to 6 spikelets at the top. The acrogyrous spikelets are brown, male, and 10 to 15 mm long. The pleurogerous spikelets are female and 10 to 20 mm long. In Chinese, it is called "大披針薹草" (da pi zhen tai cao).
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