Carex rupestris, called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia.[2] It prefers to grow on rocky ledges.[3]
Carex rupestris | |
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On a mountainside in the Czech Republic | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. rupestris |
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Carex rupestris All.[1] | |
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The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]
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