Carex misera Buckley. Section: [26ff] Section 23b Hymenochlaenae. Common name: Wretched Sedge. Phenology: Jun. Habitat: Moderate to high elevation cliffs and rock outcrops. Distribution: A Southern Blue Ridge endemic: nw. NC and w. TN south to ne. GA (Rabun County) and nw. SC. Discovered for SC in 2022 (S. Tessel, pers.comm. 2022).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: Schell & Waterway (1992) discussed interesting geographic patterns of allozyme diversity in this narrowly endemic species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, RAB, S, Tn, W, Mackenzie (1931-1935); = Carex juncea Willd., apparently misapplied. Basionym: Carex misera Buckley 1843
Links to other floras: = Carex misera - FNA23
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