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Carex capitata L. |
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Fam.: Cyperaceae / Sedge Fam.
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| Genus: Carex L. |
This delicate Sedge is extinct in Germany. It was growing in moors in the foothills of the Alps and in Upper Swabia. Now it only exists in culture. In Northern countries the plant can still be found. |
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| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
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| Carex: | carere = missing (seeds are missing at the upper male spike of many species) | ||
| capitata: | headed | ||
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