''Carex tasmanica'', called curly sedge (a name its shares with a few other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

, native to Victoria and Tasmania states in Australia. It gets its common name from the distinctive helical spirals its leaves form when they dry out. Considered a threatened species, none of its populations are in a protected area.

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tasmanica Endemic flora of Australia Flora of Tasmania Flora of Victoria (state) Plants described in 1903 {{Carex-stub