Cyperaceae
Carex
Carex sartwellii

Carex sartwellii var. sartwellii

This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is Canada to N. U.S.A. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Recorded in error in:

Maryland

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. (2004). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-54382. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cody, W.J., Bennett, B.A. & Caswell, P. (2005). New records of vascular plants in the Yukon territory VII. Canadian Field-Naturalist 119: 417-436.
  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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