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Carex umbellata
	In Wisconsin
	Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. umbellata
Binomial name
	Carex umbellata; Willd.
Synonyms
	List Carex abdita E.P.Bicknell; Carex umbellata subsp. abdita (E.P.Bicknell) W.Stone; Carex umbellata var. brachyrhina Piper; Carex umbellata var. brevirostris Boott; Carex umbellata var. vicina Dewey; Carex umbellata f. vicina (Dewey) Wiegand; Olotrema umbellata (Willd.) Raf.; ;

Carex umbellata, the parasol sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada and the central and eastern US, and introduced to the Dominican Republic.^[1]^[2] Its seeds are dispersed by ants.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Carex umbellata Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ "Carex umbellata (Parasol Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ Handel, Steven N. (1978). "New ant-dispersed species in the genera Carex, Luzula, and Claytonia". Canadian Journal of Botany. 56 (22): 2925–2927. doi:10.1139/b78-351.

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[30094578-2-1] "Carex umbellata Willd". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[2] "Carex umbellata (Parasol Sedge)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info. Minnesota Wildflowers. 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[1_of_346_Google_Scholar_Hits-3] Handel, Steven N. (1978). "New ant-dispersed species in the genera Carex, Luzula, and Claytonia". Canadian Journal of Botany. 56 (22): 2925–2927. doi:10.1139/b78-351.

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