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Carex microptera Mack.[FNA23, HC, HC2, SPNW]
small-winged sedge

Publication: Muhlenbergia. 5: 56. 1909.

Origin: Native

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: FNA23: "In high montane habitats it is sometimes difficult to distinguish Carex microptera from C. haydeniana."

Last updated 11/6/2023 by David Giblin.


Photo © 2015 Ron Bockelman
(from WTU Image Collection)
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Carex festivella Mack.
Carex limnophila F.J. Herm.[HC]
Carex macloviana d'Urv. ssp. festivella (Mack.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Carex macloviana d'Urv. var. microptera (Mack.) B. Boivin
Carex microptera Mack. var. crassinervia F.J. Herm.
Carex microptera Mack. var. limnophila (F.J. Herm.) Dorn
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