Carex lyngbyei
Lyngbye's Sedge
Also known as: Carex capillipes Drejer +17 more
- Carex capillipes Drejer
- Carex cryptocarpa var. pumila L.H.Bailey
- Carex cryptocarpa var. variegata (Drejer) Britton
- Carex filipendula Drejer
- Carex filipendula var. concolor Drejer
- Carex filipendula var. littoralis Drejer
- Carex filipendula var. variegata Drejer
- Carex lyngbyei subsp. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) Hultén
- Carex lyngbyei subsp. cryptocarpa Hornemann
- Carex lyngbyei subsp. phaenocarpa Akiyama
- Carex lyngbyei subsp. phenocarpa Akiyama
- Carex lyngbyei subsp. prionocarpa (Franch.) Kitag.
- Carex lyngbyei var. capillipes (Drejer) Kük.
- Carex lyngbyei var. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) Hultén
- Carex lyngbyei var. gigas Hultén
- Carex lyngbyei var. prionocarpa (Franch.) Kük.
- Carex lyngbyei var. prionocarpa (Franch.) Shekhovts., 2012
- Carex lyngbyei var. robusta (L.H.Bailey) B.Boivin
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.
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Carex lyngbyei (commonly known as Lyngbye's sedge) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Naturally occurring in Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. The genus Carex is notably large, comprising more than 2300 species.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Asia, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, California, Føroyar, Greenland, Iceland, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Magadan, Oregon, Primorye, Sakhalin, Washington