Carex exsiccata

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]

Carex exsiccata
On Vancouver Island
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. exsiccata
Binomial name
Carex exsiccata
Synonyms[1]

Carex vesicaria var. major Boott

References

  1. "Carex exsiccata L.H.Bailey". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. "Carex exsiccata L.H. Bailey". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  3. 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.


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