Publication: Proc. Linn. Soc. London. 1: 258. 1846.
Origin: Native
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Notes: FNA23: "Carex comosa is uncommon and local in the west and south of glaciated regions in the east except in some coastal areas.
Carex comosa rarely forms sterile hybrids with C. pseudocyperus and C. hystericina."
Last updated 10/26/2023 by David Giblin.