Biology:Carex flava

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Carex flava
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Seedhead
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. flava
Binomial name
Carex flava
Synonyms[2]

Carex flava, called hedgehog grass, is a widespread species of sedge (genus Carex), native to the northern United States, Canada, Iceland, Europe, the Atlas Mountains in Africa, the Transcaucasus area, and parts of Siberia.[2][3] It is the namesake of the Carex flava species complex.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 975 (1753)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Carex flava L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30043428-2. 
  3. ↑ "Carex flava hedgehog grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/79064/i-Carex-flava-i/Details. Retrieved 31 December 2020. "Other common names; marsh hedgehog grass, yellow sedge, large yellow sedge" 
  4. ↑ Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Benítez-Benítez, Carmen; Fernández-Mazuecos, Mario; Martín-Bravo, Santiago (2017). "Cut from the same cloth: The convergent evolution of dwarf morphotypes of the Carex flava group (Cyperaceae) in Circum-Mediterranean mountains". PLOS ONE 12 (12): e0189769. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0189769. PMID 29281689. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1289769J. 

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