Carex leporina is a species of sedge known in the British Isles as oval sedge[1] and in North America as eggbract sedge. It is native to Eurasia and eastern and western North America, where it grows in seasonally wet habitat, such as meadows and fields. This sedge produces many thin stems and narrow leaves. The inflorescence is an open cluster of several flower spikes. The pistillate flower has a reddish or brownish bract with a gold center and white tip.

Carex leporina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Subgenus:	Carex subg. Vignea
Section:	Carex sect. Ovales
Species:	C. leporina
Binomial name
Carex leporina L.
Synonyms
Carex tracyi Carex ovalis Gooden.

References

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Photo gallery
• Carex leporina, The Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project
• The Carex leporina/ovalis/leporina name problem (February 2008) Carex Working Group

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