Family:	Cyperaceae / Kayatsurigusaka			Notes For Reference:-
				Species, Varieties, or Forms in the Genus Carex: Carex aphanolepis / Enashihigokusa Carex dickinsii / Onisuge Carex dispalata / Kasasuge Carex foliosissima / Okunokansuge Carex ischnostachya / Juzusuge Carex kobomugi / Kouboumugi Carex maximowiczii / Gouso Carex otaruensis / Otarusuge Carex pumila / Kouboushiba Carex stenostachys var. stenostachys / Nihonmonjisuge
		Carex dispalata / Kasasuge カサスゲ

Carex dispalata, a perennial herb, 0.4-1m in height, occurs in flatland wetlands, with its thick rhizomes extending suckers long to build colonies. Stems, 3-ridged, are extensive, with rugged, linear leaves. Spikelets are 4-7 in number; the terminals are male, the other lateral ones, tingeing dark brown, linear, 4-7cm in length, and the lateral spikelets, 3-10cm in height, 5mm in width, cylindrical, are females. Bloom time: April-July.