Carex praecox Schreb. is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Carex praecox Schreb.

Carex praecox Schreb.

Carex praecox, the spring sedge, is a flowering Carex species native to Europe, western Asia and Mongolia.

Family
Genus
Carex
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida
⚠️ Toxicity Note

Insufficient toxicity evidence; avoid direct contact and ingestion.

About Carex praecox Schreb.

Carex praecox Schreb., commonly called the spring sedge, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the genus Carex. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and Mongolia. Its diploid chromosome number is recorded as 2n=58, though this number has some uncertainty associated with it.

Photo: (c) Gennadiy Okatov, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gennadiy Okatov · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Cyperaceae Carex

More from Cyperaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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