Cyperaceae
Carex

Carex utriculata Boott

First published in W.J.Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Amer., Bot. N. Brit. Amer. 2: 221 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. America to NE. Mexico, N. & E. Central Europe to Japan. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, Finland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Northwest Territories, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Romania, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sweden, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Yukon

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Koopman, J. (2011). Carex Europaea. The Genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae) in Europe 1: 1-726. Margraf publishers,Weikersheim, Germany.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Dec 5, 1903 Lyall [s.n.] K001691211 Yes
Dec 5, 1903 Boott, F. [s.n.] United States K002564021 Yes
Dec 5, 1903 Nuttall [11] United States K002564019 Yes
[Dryzgalova] [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218891 Yes
{O. b. Santesson} [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960073 Yes
Furuse, M. [5978] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942587 Yes
[Ma [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960062 Yes
{O. b. Santesson} [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960077 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Père) [1704] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942580 Yes
Litvinow, D. [888] Carex laevirostris K002942578 Yes
Furuse, M. [35574] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942571 Yes
Fischer [[3]] Carex laevirostris K002960086 Yes
Furuse, M. [27917] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942595 Yes
s.coll. [2987] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942572 Yes
Pullinen, H.; Tulla, H.; Tiirikka, A. [s.n.] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960083 Yes
Blytt, M. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960058 Yes
Furuse, M. [27612] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942574 Yes
Furuse, M. [6524] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942592 Yes
Furuse, M. [11581] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942570 Yes
McDonald, S.; Brummitt, R.K. [72] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218888 Yes
Furuse, M. [27561] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942589 Yes
Furuse, M. [26410] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942593 Yes
[J. Waldeustrõm] [s.n.] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960081 Yes
{Claes; Axell, S.} [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960075 Yes
Schmidt, F.; Glehn [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218884 Yes
Sundberg, C.F. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960074 Yes
Sundberg, C.F. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960072 Yes
Furuse, M. [6651] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942591 Yes
Ohwi, J. [1546] Korea, North Carex laevirostris K002942585 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960057 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218898 Yes
Lång, G. [231] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960079 Yes
Farjon, A.; Firsov, G. [655] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218889 Yes
Furuse, M. [11581] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942600 Yes
Holmboe, J. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960056 Yes
Furuse, M. [26471] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942588 Yes
Ångström, J. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960069 Yes
Blytt, A.G. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960063 Yes
Munk [[70]] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960082 Yes
Polunin, N. [s.n.] United States Carex laevirostris K002563860 Yes
Akiyama, S. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002942576 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002218883 Yes
Mameev, S. [475] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218882 Yes
[Cent .V.] [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002960088 Yes
s.coll. [3392] Carex laevirostris K002218894 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002960089 Yes
s.coll. [4454] Carex laevirostris K002218895 Yes
Alm, C.G. [616] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960076 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Abbé) [3959] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942583 Yes
Ohwi, J. [221] Russia Carex laevirostris K002942577 Yes
Rhynchophysa, C.; Amay, C.; Fauire's [353] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942582 Yes
Frujimaki, A. [266] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942586 Yes
Furuse, M. [9121] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942599 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218897 Yes
Kharkevich, S.; Buch, T. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218892 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002218885 Yes
Samuelsson, G. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960065 Yes
Furuse, M. [6376] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942597 Yes
Blytt, A.G. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960061 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942575 Yes
Ångström, J. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002960085 Yes
Warodell, E. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960066 Yes
Nylander, W. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960070 Yes
Lindeberg, C.J. [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960059 Yes
Lapshina, Y.; Krasnova, N. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218901 Yes
Boott, F. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960067 Yes
Michno, P. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218890 Yes
Karo, F. [116] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218899 Yes
McDonald, S.; Brummitt, N.A. [7] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218887 Yes
Munk [[70]] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960080 Yes
Joad [732] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960071 Yes
Komaròv, V. [296] Korea, North Carex laevirostris K002942584 Yes
Lindeberg, C.J. [857] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960064 Yes
Okubo, I. [s.n.] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942579 Yes
Furuse, M. [26470] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942590 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002960092 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Carex laevirostris K002960091 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218896 Yes
Puring, N. [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002960087 Yes
[Dryce]; Drejer [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960060 Yes
Faurie, U.J. (Abbé) [5333] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942573 Yes
Boott, F.; [Louder] [s.n.] Norway Carex laevirostris K002960068 Yes
[Laybourne] [s.n.] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218893 Yes
Anderson, J.P. [9708] United States Carex laevirostris K002563861 Yes
Furuse, M. [8876] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942598 Yes
Brummitt, R.K.; Firsov, G. [20805] Russia Carex laevirostris K002218886 Yes
Licent, A. [8104] China Carex laevirostris K002218900 Yes
Nordström, E. [s.n.] Sweden Carex laevirostris K002960078 Yes
Andreev, V. [694] Russia Carex laevirostris K002960090 Yes
Furuse, M. [18451] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942594 Yes
Lagström, H. [s.n.] Finland Carex laevirostris K002960084 Yes
Furuse, M. [6376] Japan Carex laevirostris K002942596 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179946 Yes
Sandwith, C.I.; Sandwith, N.Y. [879] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179956 Yes
{Gander} [s.n.] Austria Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179967 Yes
Levinge, H.C. [s.n.] Ireland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179953 Yes
[Zanbar] [A6] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179941 Yes
Bor, N.L. [8] Ireland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179952 Yes
[C.H.G] [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179945 Yes
Bor, N.L. [8] Ireland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179951 Yes
[Chg] [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179943 Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R.; Burtt, B.L. [1455] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179958 Yes
Collett, R. [857] Norway Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179963 Yes
[W. J. D.] [s.n.] Ireland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179949 Yes
Heslop-Harrison, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179955 Yes
Kückenthal, G. [14] Germany Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179965 Yes
Alm, C.G. [2026] Sweden Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179960 Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R.; Burtt, B.L. [1455] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179957 Yes
Blytt, M.N. [EN1943] Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179964 Yes
Asplund, E. [s.n.] Sweden Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179959 Yes
Lloyd-Praeger, R. [s.n.] Ireland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179947 Yes
Kneucker, A. [228] Germany Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179966 Yes
Blytt, M. [s.n.] Norway Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179961 Yes
s.coll. [1330] Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179937 Yes
[C.H.G] [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179944 Yes
Meikle, D. [54 ] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179948 Yes
Norman, J.M. [s.n.] Norway Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179962 Yes
Lloyd-Praeger, R. [s.n.] Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179950 Yes
{Schoepke; Schweinitz} [s.n.] Poland Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179968 Yes
Kümmerle, J.B. [s.n.] Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179969 Yes
[E. S. W]; Shoolberd, W.A. [17224] Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179942 Yes
Heslop-Harrison, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom Carex rostrata var. utriculata K002179954 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0