Carex ferruginea, the rusty sedge or rust-coloured sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.[2][3] It is native to the Alps, the southern Carpathians, and the western Balkan Peninsula, and has been introduced to the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] It is a glacial relict species.[4]

Carex ferruginea
Habit
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. ferruginea
Binomial name
Carex ferruginea Scop.
Synonyms[1]
List Carex alpigena A.Kern. ex Dalla Torre Carex brachyrhyncha Gsaller Carex brevifolia Host Carex cristata Clairv. Carex ferruginea subsp. kerneri (Kohts) K.Richt. Carex frigida Vill. Carex gracillima Steud. & Hochst. Carex kerneri Kohts Carex mielichhoferi Schkuhr Carex nana Lam. Carex rigida Schrank Carex scopoliana Willd. Carex scopolii Gaudin Carex spadicea Host Carex spadicea J.F.Gmel. Carex tenerrima Murr & Appel Edritria ferruginea (Scop.) Raf.

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