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Key to Carex, [26fff] Section 42 Mitratae: section Mitratae (Praecoces)

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1 Plant cespitose; lowest inflorescence bract longer than the inflorescence; pistillate scales with an awn 1.0-3.5 mm long
1 Plant from creeping rhizomes; lowest inflorescence bract much shorter than the inflorescence; pistillate scales acute to cuspidate