Carex exsiccata
Appearance
Carex exsiccata | |
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On Vancouver Island | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. exsiccata
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Binomial name | |
Carex exsiccata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Carex vesicaria var. major Boott |
Carex exsiccata, the western inflated sedge or beaked sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and California.[1][2] Native peoples used its roots to make a black dye.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Carex exsiccata L.H.Bailey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Carex exsiccata L.H. Bailey". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Arkush, Brooke S.; Arkush, Denise (2021). "Aboriginal plant use in the central Rocky Mountains: Macrobotanical records from three prehistoric sites in Birch Creek Valley, eastern Idaho". North American Archaeologist. 42: 66–108. doi:10.1177/0197693120967005. S2CID 228096835.