Carex obtusata
Blunt Sedge, Dryland Blunt Sedge
Other regional names: Obtuse Sedge
- Obtuse Sedge
Also known as: Carex affinis R.Br. +8 more
- Carex affinis R.Br.
- Carex backiana Dewey
- Carex microcephala C.A.Mey.
- Carex obesa var. monostachya Boeckeler
- Carex obtusata f. bracteata Neuman
- Carex obtusata f. spicata Kük.
- Carex wohllebii Hoppe
- Genersichia obtusata (Lilj.) Heuff.
- Psyllophora obtusata (Lilj.) Schur
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, Carex obtusata (commonly known as Blunt Sedge or Dryland Blunt Sedge) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, North-Central U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, South-Central U.S.A., Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Germany, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Manitoba, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, New Mexico, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Primorye, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South European Russia, Sweden, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Washington, West Siberia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yukon