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Carex picta Steud.

Bootts sedge

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Carex picta Steud.
Boott's sedge

       
Symbol:   CAPI5  
Group:   Monocot  
Family:   Cyperaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Graminoid  
Native Status:  
L48    N



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Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions . Vol. 1: 395. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society . Scanned by Omnitek Inc . Usage Requirements .
 
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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Commelinidae
Order Cyperales
Family Cyperaceae – Sedge family
Genus Carex L. – sedge
Species Carex picta Steud. – Boott's sedge
 

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Carex picta Steud.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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