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Cyperaceae
Carex

not marked as a favorite taxon Carex purpurifera Mackenzie. Common name: Limestone Purple Sedge. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Moist, rich cove forests, at low elevations, over calcareous or mafic rocks. Distribution: WV (Vanderhorst et al. 2019), w. VA and KY south to n. GA and n. AL, mostly west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, but with scattered disjunct populations on calcareous or mafic sites in the Blue Ridge.

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Section: [26bb] Section 19 Laxiflorae.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: See Bryson (1985) for discussion. Naczi (1999b) reported a chromosome number of n = 17-19.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, FNA23, K4, NS, POWO, Tn, W, Bryson (1985); = Carex laxiflora Lam. var. purpurifera (Mack.) Gleason — G; < Carex purpurifera Mack. — RAB, S, Mackenzie (1931-1935). Basionym: Carex purpurifera Mack. 1933

Links to other floras: = Carex purpurifera - FNA23

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