Carex oligosperma

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Carex oligosperma
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1913 botanical illustration
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Vesicariae
Species:
C. oligosperma
Binomial name
Carex oligosperma
Michx.

Carex oligosperma, common name fewseed sedge, few-seeded sedge, and few-fruited sedge, is a perennial plant in the Carex genus. A distinct variety, Carex oligosperma var. oligosperma, exists. [1]

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Conservation status

It is a species of special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut, [2] It is endangered in Illinois, Massachusetts, and North Carolina, and threatened in Ohio and Pennsylvania. [3]

Native American ethnobotany

The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plant as an emetic before running or playing lacrosse. [4]

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References

  1. "Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  3. "Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275