Carex subfusca

Carex subfusca
In Maui
Close-up of seedhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. subfusca
Binomial name
Carex subfusca
W.Boott
Synonyms
List
    • Carex festiva var. gracilis Olney
    • Carex flaviceps Kük.
    • Carex macloviana f. bracteata (Kük.) Kük.
    • Carex macloviana var. bracteata Kük.
    • Carex macloviana var. gracilis (Olney) Kük.
    • Carex macloviana var. subfusca (W.Boott) Kük.
    • Carex macloviana subsp. subfusca (W.Boott) T.Koyama
    • Carex pachystachya var. gracilis (Olney) Mack.
    • Carex stenoptera Mack.
    • Carex teneriformis Mack.

Carex subfusca, variously called the rusty slender sedge, rusty sedge, or brown sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to the Hawaiian Islands, the western United States, and Baja California. It seems to have gotten to Hawaii by hitching a ride on a bird (epizoochory).

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