Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Cyperaceae/Cypéracées - Sedge Family
Carex debilis Michx. var. rudgei L.H.Bailey
En: Rudge's white-edge sedge, Rudge's sedge, slenderstalk sedge
Fr: carex de Rudge, carex débile, carex faible
Provincial Status: N
Range: Temp. eNA; thr. Nfld. (except upper nw).

[=Carex allegheniensis Mack.]
[=Carex debilis Michx. subsp. rudgei (L.H.Bailey) Á.Löve & D.Löve]
[=Carex debilis Michx. var. interjecta L.H.Bailey]
[=Carex debilis Michx. var. strictior L.H.Bailey]
[=Carex flexuosa Muhl. ex Willd.]
[=Carex tenuis Rudge 1804, nom. illeg. hom., non (Retz.) J.F.Gmel. 1791]
[=Carex tenuis Rudge var. interjecta (L.H.Bailey) Britton]

[The typical variety of white-edge sedge, Carex debilis var. debilis, does not extend north into Canada; it differs in having longer, more gradually tapering perigynia and blunter pistillate scales than C. debilis var. rudgei.]

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