Lyngbye's sedge

Common names

Synonyms

• Carex behringensis Gand.
• Carex capillipes Drejer
• Carex cryptocarpa C.A.Mey.
• Carex cryptocarpa var. pumila L.H.Bailey
• Carex cryptocarpa var. variegata (Drejer) Britton
• Carex filipendula Drejer
• Carex filipendula var. concolor Drejer
• Carex filipendula var. littoralis Drejer
• Carex filipendula var. variegata Drejer
• Carex halophila subsp. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) Nyman
• Carex laticuspis Franch.
• Carex lyngbyei subsp. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) Hultén
• Carex lyngbyei subsp. phenocarpa Akiyama
• Carex lyngbyei subsp. prionocarpa (Franch.) Kitag.
• Carex lyngbyei var. capillipes (Drejer) Kük.
• Carex lyngbyei var. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) Hultén
• Carex lyngbyei var. gigas Hultén
• Carex lyngbyei var. prionocarpa (Franch.) Shekhovts.
• Carex lyngbyei var. prionocarpa (Franch.) Kük.
• Carex lyngbyei var. robusta (L.H.Bailey) Cronquist
• Carex lyngbyei var. robusta (L.H.Bailey) B.Boivin
• Carex lyngbyei var. variegata (Drejer) Kük.
• Carex macounii A.Benn.
• Carex maritima subsp. capillipes (Drejer) K.Richt.
• Carex maritima subsp. cryptocarpa (C.A.Mey.) K.Richt.
• Carex maritima subsp. lyngbyei (Hornem.) Nyman
• Carex pedunculifera Kom.
• Carex prionocarpa Franch.
• Carex qualicumensis L.H.Bailey
• Carex riabushinskii Kom.
• Carex romanzowiana Cham. ex Steud.
• Carex salina Boott
• Carex salina f. filipendula (Drejer) Almq.
• Carex salina var. concolor (Drejer) Almq.
• Carex salina var. robusta L.H.Bailey
• Carex scouleri Torr.
• Carex steenstrupii Liebm.
• Temnemis scouleri (Torr.) Raf.

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Perennial

In the US and Canada

Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native

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