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Carex morrowii
	Flowers
	'Ice Dance' cultivar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. morrowii
Binomial name
	Carex morrowii; Boott
Synonyms
	Carex kinpokusanensis Akiyama; Carex temnolepis Franch.;

Carex morrowii, the kan suge, Morrow's sedge, Japanese grass sedge or Japanese sedge (a name it shares with Carex oshimensis), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is native to central and southern Japan, and has been introduced to Belgium, Denmark and Austria.^[1]

An ornamental sedge with a large number of (mostly variegated) cultivars, it tolerates heavy shade and wet soil, and is erosion and deer-resistant.^[3] Consequently it is recommended as a slowly spreading ground cover, for naturalizing, and in rain gardens.^[3]^[2] It is hardy in USDA zones 5 through 9 and does well in containers.^[3]

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:^[1]

Carex morrowii var. laxa Ohwi – Yakushima
Carex morrowii var. morrowii
Carex morrowii var. temnolepis (Franch.) Ohwi – Japan

Cultivars

A large number of cultivars are commercially available, including:

'Everglow'^[5]
'Fisher's Form'^[6]
'Gilt'^[7]
'Gold Band'^[8]
'Ice Dance'^[9]
'Irish Green'^[10]
'Nana Variegata'^[11]
'Pinkie'^[12]
'Silk Tassel'^[a]^[13]
'Vanilla Ice'^[14]
'Variegata'^[15]

Notes

^ A cultivar of C. morrowii var. temnolepis

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Carex morrowii Boott". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Carex morrowii". North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. N.C. Cooperative Extension. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. Evergold Carex, Japanese Sedge, Kan suge, Marrow's Sedge
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Carex morrowii". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Carex morrowii Boott". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. Synonyms; Carex 'Kan-suge', Carex fortunei
^ "Carex morrowii 'Everglow' PBR (EverColor Series) (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 6 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Fisher's Form' (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 9 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Gilt' (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 2 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Gold Band'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 3 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Ice Dance'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 36 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Irish Green'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 5 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Nana Variegata' (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 1 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Pinkie'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 1 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii var. temnolepis 'Silk Tassel' (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
^ "Carex morrowii Vanilla Ice ('Vanice' PBR) (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 5 suppliers
^ "Carex morrowii 'Variegata' (v)". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2022. 13 suppliers