''Carex caryophyllea'' is a species of plant in the 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 ...

first described by Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette. Two varieties are listed in the

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: * ''Carex caryophyllea'' var. ''caryophyllea'' — temperate regions of the Old World * ''Carex caryophyllea'' var. ''microtricha'' — Far East, Korea, North and Central Japan

References

* E. Foerster: ''Seggen, Binsen, Simsen und andere Scheingräser des Grünlandes – Ein Schlüssel zum Bestimmen im blütenlosen Zustand.'' Manuskript, Kleve-Kellen März 1982. caryophyllea {{Carex-stub