Carex echinata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. echinata |
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Carex echinata Murray |
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| Synonyms | |
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Carex ormantha |
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Carex ormantha
Carex phyllomanica
Carex svensonis
Carex echinata is a species of sedge known by the common names star sedge and little prickly sedge.
This plant is native to North and Central America and parts of Eurasia. Carex echinata is a plant of wet forests, marshes, and mountain meadows of moderate elevation. It is commonly associated with peat bogs.
Carex echinata has a solid, ridged stem that may exceed 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in height and it has a few thready leaves toward the base. The inflorescences are star-shaped spikelets and are 3–15 millimetres (0.12–0.59 in) wide.
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