Ficinia nigrescens SEEDS

Ficinia nigrescens seeds grow into a blackening sedge — a perennial sedge native to the subtropical biome of South Africa, growing in the fynbos and renosterveld habitats of the Cape Province. The epithet nigrescens means 'blackening' or 'becoming black', referring to the dark to black colour of the inflorescences or stems at maturity. A South African endemic sedge of the Cape floristic region, one of the world's most biodiverse floras. The genus Ficinia is largely endemic to the Cape Province of South Africa. Family Cyperaceae.

Full sun; well-drained, sandy or rocky Cape soils; dry summer conditions; Mediterranean Cape climate.

• 'Nigrescens' = blackening; dark/black inflorescences at maturity; Cape fynbos endemic
• South African Cape floristic region; fynbos and renosterveld habitats; sedge endemic
• S. Africa (Cape Province) — subtropical biome; Cape fynbos endemic
• Genus Ficinia largely endemic to Cape Province; Family Cyperaceae
• Full sun; well-drained Cape soils; dry summer; Mediterranean Cape; Family Cyperaceae

Ficinia nigrescens is the blackening Cape sedge — its dark inflorescences at maturity a diagnostic character in the Cape fynbos, part of the endemic-rich genus Ficinia that represents one of the many remarkable sedge genera of the Cape floristic region, one of the world's six great floral kingdoms.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.