''Carex rupestris'', called the curly sedge and rock sedge (names it shares with other members of its genus), is a species of flowering 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 ...

, native to temperate and subarctic North America, Greenland, Iceland, Europe, and Asia. It prefers to grow on rocky ledges.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are currently accepted: *''Carex rupestris'' subsp. ''altimontana'' *''Carex rupestris'' subsp. ''rupestris''

References

rupestris Flora of Europe Flora of the North Caucasus Flora of Siberia Flora of Kazakhstan Flora of the Russian Far East Flora of Mongolia Flora of Korea Flora of Subarctic America Flora of Western Canada Flora of Eastern Canada Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of South Dakota Flora of Utah Flora of New Mexico Plants described in 1785 {{Carex-stub