Flora of Northern Ireland
  • Carex caryophyllea Latour. - Spring Sedge - Cyperaceae
Carex caryophyllea
© Ralph Forbes
Carex caryophyllea
(Map updated: March 2008)
 

A fairly small species, usually less than 12 inches tall, of dry pastures and heaths, resembling the pill sedge (Carex pilulifera).

All names: Carex caryophyllea Latour.; Carex praecox auct.