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]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[2]

  • Carex rupestris subsp. altimontana T.V.Ebel
  • Carex rupestris subsp. rupestris

References

  1. ^ Fl. Pedem. 2: 264 (1785)
  2. ^ a b c "Carex rupestris All". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. ^ Chlebicki, Andrzej (2014). "Biogeographic relationships between fungi and selected glacial relict plants". Monographiae Botanicae. 90: 1–230. doi:10.5586/mb.2002.001.