Etymology: Carex: the classical Latin name
Plants: perennial sedge
Conservation Status: Native

- a "bottlebrush" or "bladder" sedge

- often confused with C. utriculata

- cespitose, rhizomes short, not spongy at base

- ligules longer than wide

- culms scabrous beneath inflorescence

- perigynia walls papery, thin

- pistillate scales not awned

- achene not indented

Flora of North America: Flora of North America Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 7, Wetland Indicator = OBL USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos The Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group: Detailed drawings by Harry C. Creutzburg for Kenneth K. Mackenzie's (1940) North American Caricaea