Carex rugosperma Mackenzie. Section: [26bbb] Section 39 Acrocystis. Common name: Parachute Sedge. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Old fields, shallow soils of rock outcrops, exposed forest margins. Distribution: PE west to MN, south to GA, TN, IN, IL, and MO. Reported for South Carolina by Hill & Horn (1997).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: See C. umbellata for discussion.
Synonymy ⓘ: = G, Il, K4, NY, Tat, Va, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex tonsa (Fernald) E.P.Bicknell var. rugosperma (Mack.) Crins — Can, FNA23, Mi, NE, NS, Pa, POWO; = Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd. — F, misapplied; < Carex umbellata Schkuhr ex Willd. — C, RAB, W. Basionym: Carex rugosperma Mack. 1915
Links to other floras: = Carex tonsa var. rugosperma - FNA23
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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