''Carex ericetorum'', known as rare spring sedge,
is a perennial species of plants in the sedge family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
native to central
Europe and western
Asia growing on calcareous soils in short grassland.
References
ericetorum
Flora of Europe
Flora of temperate Asia
Plants described in 1777
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