Carex macrocephala
At the Pacific Spirit Regional Park
Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. macrocephala
Binomial name
Carex macrocephala
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Carex anthericoides J.Presl & C.Presl
    • Carex macrocephala subsp. anthericoides (C.Presl) Hultén
    • Carex macrocephala var. bracteata Holm
    • Carex macrocephala f. bracteata (Holm) Kük.
    • Carex menziesiana Sm. ex Boott
    • Vignea macrocephala (Willd. ex Spreng.) Soják

Carex macrocephala, the big-head sedge or largehead sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.[2] It is found on the beaches and dunes of the northern Pacific; Japan, Primorsky Krai, Sakhalin, the Kurils and Kamchatka in the Russian Far East, and Alaska, British Columbia, Washington state and Oregon in North America.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Carex macrocephala Willd. ex Spreng". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Carex macrocephala". wildflower.org. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.


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