Carex rupestris

Carex rupestris
On a mountainside in the Czech Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. rupestris
Binomial name
Carex rupestris
Synonyms
List
    • Caricinella rupestris (All.) St.-Lag.
    • Edritria rupestris (All.) Raf.

Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia. It prefers to grow on rocky ledges.

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