Carex pallescens, called pale sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to the northeastern United States, eastern Canada, Iceland, Europe, Tunisia, and western Asia.[2][3] It has unstable chromosome numbers.[4]

Carex pallescens
Seedheads
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. pallescens
Binomial name
Carex pallescens
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Carex chalcodeta V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex leucantha Schur
    • Carex microstoma Franch.
    • Carex pallescens var. chalcodeta (V.I.Krecz.) Ö.Nilsson
    • Carex pallescens var. neogaea Fernald
    • Carex pallescens var. undulata (Kunze) J.Carey
    • Carex pallida Salisb.
    • Carex tymphaea Formánek
    • Carex undulata Kunze
    • Trasus pallescens (L.) Gray

References

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  1. ^ Sp. Pl.: 977 (1753)
  2. ^ a b "Carex pallescens L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Carex pallescens pale sedge". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. ^ Rotreklová, Olga; Bureš, Petr; Řepka, Radomír; Grulich, Vít; Šmarda, Petr; Hralová, Ivana; Zedek, František; Koutecký, Tomáš (2011). "Chromosome numbers of Carex". Preslia. 83 (1): 25–58. Retrieved 31 December 2020.