Carex exsiccata | |
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On Vancouver Island | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. exsiccata
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Binomial name | |
Carex exsiccata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Carex vesicaria var. major Boott |
Carex exsiccata, the western inflated sedge or beaked sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and California. [1] [2] Native peoples used its roots to make a black dye. [3]
Carex exsiccata | |
---|---|
On Vancouver Island | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. exsiccata
|
Binomial name | |
Carex exsiccata | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Carex vesicaria var. major Boott |
Carex exsiccata, the western inflated sedge or beaked sedge (a name it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to British Columbia, Washington state, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, and California. [1] [2] Native peoples used its roots to make a black dye. [3]