Carex maritima

Carex maritima
Seedheads
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. maritima
Binomial name
Carex maritima
Synonyms
List
    • Carex amphilogos K.Koch
    • Carex banata Sm.
    • Carex bucculenta V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex camptotropa V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex incurva Lightf.
    • Carex incurva var. chartacea Kük.
    • Carex incurva f. erecta O.Lang
    • Carex incurva var. inflata Simmons
    • Carex incurva var. melanocystis (É.Desv.) Kük.
    • Carex incurva var. misera (Kük.) Kük.
    • Carex incurva f. pallens Kük.
    • Carex jucunda V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex juncifolia All.
    • Carex maritima f. inflata (Simmons) Polunin
    • Carex maritima var. melanocystis (É.Desv.) Fernald
    • Carex maritima var. misera (Kük.) Fernald
    • Carex maritima subsp. setina (Christ) T.V.Egorova
    • Carex maritima var. setina (Christ) Fernald
    • Carex maritima subsp. yukonensis A.E.Porsild
    • Carex melanocystis É.Desv.
    • Carex melanocystis var. misera Kük.
    • Carex misera Phil.
    • Carex oligantha Phil.
    • Carex orthocaula V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex psammogaea Steud.
    • Carex psychroluta V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex setina (Christ) V.I.Krecz.
    • Carex stenophylla L.Thienem. ex Boott
    • Carex transmarina V.I.Krecz.
    • Caricina incurva (Lightf.) St.-Lag.
    • Olotrema juncifolia (All.) Raf.
    • Rhaptocalymna incurva (Lightf.) Fedde & J.Schust.
    • Vignea incurva (Lightf.) Rchb.
    • Vignea maritima (Gunnerus) Rchb.
    • Vignea maritima subsp. setina (Christ) Soják

Carex maritima, called the curved sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, with a bipolar distribution in mountains and cold regions. It dispersed in the Pleistocene from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere.