Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Carex wakatipu Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 363 (1882)
Etymology:
The epithet wakatipu refers to the type locality (Ben Lomdon, near Queenstown), which is adjacent to Lake Wakatipu.
 Description

Tufts dark green, reddish-green or yellow-green, very variable, to ± 30 cm high, stems much < to much > leaves. Female spikes c. 4, crowded at same level, 1–2 cm long, light, brown. Stigmas 2.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Petrie, D. 1882: Descriptions of New Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 362–364.