Carex leporina

Carex leporina
Carex leporina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. leporina
Binomial name
Carex leporina
L.
Synonyms
  • Carex tracyi
  • Carex ovalis Gooden.

Carex leporina is a species of sedge known in the British Isles as oval sedge and in North America eggbract sedge. It is native to Eurasia and eastern and western North America, where it grows in seasonally wet habitat, such as meadows and fields. This sedge produces many thin stems and narrow leaves. The inflorescence is an open cluster of several flower spikes. The pistillate flower has a reddish or brownish bract with a gold center and white tip.

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