following Global Carex Group 2015: . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 1-42.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Uncinia scabra Boott
Determiner:
Wilson HD
Identification date:
1993-11-30 (Verbatim: 30-NOV-1993)
Preferred name:
Carex healyi K.A.Ford
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mount Hertbert slopes, Orton Bradley Park, Banks Peninsula
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6875 172.727
Verbatim locality:
Banks Peninsula: slopes of Mount Herbert dropping to Orton Bradley Valley
Verbatim collector:
Wilson H.D. BP366
Standardised collector:
Hugh D. Wilson
Verbatim date:
1-NOV-1984
Start date:
1984-11-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M36 877 281 (WGS84 -43.654213 172.723414)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°39´ S 172°43.4´ E (WGS84 -43.65 172.723333)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 340m
Habitat:
Under scrub 1.5-2.0m tall.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Small plant, almost like U. rupestris in habit, but larger tussocks adjacent. Leaves dark green, wiry. Utricles scabrid. I find it hard to draw a line between scabra and leptostachya on Banks Peninsula.