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Carex pauciflora

Few Flower Sedge, Few Flowered Sedge
Other regional names: Fewflower Sedge
  • Fewflower Sedge
Also known as: Anithista patula Raf. +7 more
  • Anithista patula Raf.
  • Carex leucoglochin Ehrh.
  • Carex pauciflora f. elatior Kük. & J.Schust.
  • Carex phyllophora Kunth
  • Caricinella pauciflora (Lightf.) St.-Lag.
  • Leucoglochin pauciflorus (Lightf.) Heuff.
  • Psyllophora pauciflora (Lightf.) Schur
  • Trasus pauciflorus (Lightf.) Gray
Botanical Data
  • Taxonomic Rank: Species
  • Botanical Family: Cyperaceae
  • WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte.

Carex pauciflora (commonly known as Few-flower Sedge or Few-flowered Sedge) is a sedge belonging to the Cyperaceae family. Found natively in Temperate Asia, Europe, and North America, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. It belongs to the highly diverse genus Carex, which contains over 2300 distinct species.

Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Sedge
Plant Type
Bulb

Native Range

Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, North-Central U.S.A., Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Subarctic America, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vermont, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

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