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Carex flava

Also known as: Anithista flava (L.) Raf. +18 more
  • Anithista flava (L.) Raf.
  • Carex chrysites Link, 1889
  • Carex flava f. brevirostris Junge
  • Carex flava f. graminis (L.H.Bailey) Scoggan
  • Carex flava f. patula (Klett & Richt.) Schur
  • Carex flava f. pygmaea (Hartm.) C.Vicioso
  • Carex flava f. remotiuscula Schur
  • Carex flava f. uetliaca (Suter) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Carex flava f. umbrosa Kneuck.
  • Carex flava subsp. alpina (Kneuck.) O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
  • Carex flava subsp. flava
  • Carex flava subsp. macrorrhyncha Čelak.
  • Carex flava subsp. vulgaris (Döll) Hegi
  • Carex flava var. alpina Kneuck.
  • Carex flava var. barrerae O.Bolòs, Masalles & Vigo
  • Carex flava var. brevirostris Asch. & Graebn.
  • Carex flava var. congesta Neuman
  • Carex flava var. deficiens Peterm.
  • Carex flava var. densa Gaudin
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.

Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, Carex flava 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)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Europe, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Africa, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Indiana, Iran, Italy, Krym, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Morocco, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Vermont, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

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