title: Gahnia pauciflora
text: # Gahnia pauciflora
  
  Gahnia pauciflora, commonly called cutting sedge, is a native sedge of New Zealand. It is found throughout the North Island and top of the South Island of New Zealand.
  
  The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.
  
  G. pauciflora is a host and food plant for the rare forest ringlet butterfly.
  
  