''Carex atrata'', called black alpine sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Carex ''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Carex'' ...

'', native to Greenland, Iceland, and most of Europe, plus scattered locations across temperate Asia, including Anatolia, Siberia and the Himalaya, as far as Taiwan and Japan. Its chromosome number is 2n=52, with some variants reported, e.g. n2=54 for Greenland material.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted: *''Carex atrata'' subsp. ''atrata'' *''Carex atrata'' subsp. ''longistolonifera'' (Kük.) S.Yun Liang *''Carex atrata'' subsp. ''pullata'' (Boott) Kük.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q158901 atrata Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Plants described in 1753 Flora of Greenland