following Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. p. 178
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Carex dissita var. lambertiana
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Carex lambertiana Boott
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Port Waikato
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-37.4086 174.701
Verbatim locality:
Port Waikato
Verbatim collector:
V.J.C. [Cooke VJ] 780
Standardised collector:
V. J. Cooke
Verbatim date:
Jan 1943
Start date:
1943-01
Land District:
South Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Waikato
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
37.388604 S 174.731831 E (WGS84 -37.388604 174.731831)
Habitat:
in bush
Notes:
C. dissita resembles your plant i.e. shorter spikelets but I question var. lambertiana. From observations in the field it may be only an older plant. Fragment of C. dissita enclosed.