Carex echinata Murray subsp. echinata

Carex echinata Murray subsp. echinata is an accepted subspecies name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a.

Hybrid parent of

Carex echinata subsp. echinata × Carex exilis.

Vernacular names

• carex étoilé FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a

• star sedge Tande & Lipkin, 2003
• bristle-fruited sedge CalFlora
• large-fruited star sedge UWSP
• little prickly sedge ONHIC, 2009+
• prickly sedge Newmaster & Ragupathy, 2005
• spiny star sedge Hurd, Shaw, Mastroguiseppe, Smithman, & Goodrich
• stellate sedge Central Washington Native Plants, 2010

Synonyms

• Carex angustior Mackenzie
• Carex cephalantha (L.H. Bailey) E.P. Bicknell WCSP
• Carex echinata Murray var. echinata TROPICOS
• Carex echinata var. angustata (J. Carey) L.H. Bailey FNA Ed. Comm., 2002a
• Carex echinata var. cephalantha L.H. Bailey WCSP
• Carex echinata var. microstachys Boeckeler WCSP
• Carex josselynii (Fernald) Mackenzie ex Pease
• Carex laricina Mackenzie ex Bright WCSP
• Carex muricata subsp. cephalantha (L.H. Bailey) R.T. Clausen WCSP
• Carex muricata var. angustata (J.Carey) J.Carey ex Gleason TROPICOS
• Carex muricata var. cephalantha (L.H.Bailey) Wiegand & Eames WCSP
• Carex ormantha (Fernald) Mackenzie WCSP
• Carex phyllomanica var. angustata (J. Carey) B. Boivin WCSP
• Carex stellulata Goodenough WCSP
• Carex stellulata var. angustata J. Carey WCSP
• Carex stellulata var. cephalantha (L.H. Bailey) Fernald WCSP
• Carex stellulata var. excelsior (L.H. Bailey) Fernald WCSP
• Carex stellulata var. ormantha (Fernald) Fernald p.p. WCSP

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Cyperaceae
Subfamily	Cyperoideae
Tribe	Cariceae
Genus	Carex
Section	Carex sect. Stellulatae
Species	Carex echinata
Subspecies	Carex echinata subsp. echinata

Habit

Herb