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|accepted_name=Carex pellita
|accepted_authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 302. 1805
|year=1805
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|common_names=Carex laineux
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Paludosae;Carex pellita
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Paludosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex pellita]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 491, 492, 493, 494, 496, 499, 507
|treatment_page=page 497
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>colonial; rhizomes long-creeping. <b>Culms</b> lateral, trigonous, 15–100 cm, smooth or slightly scabrous-angled. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish purple, usually fibrillose, bladeless, apex of inner band glabrous; ligules (1.2–)2–12 mm; blades green, flat or M-shaped except at base and tip, midvein of blades and proximal bracts forming sharply pointed keel, (2–)2.2–4.5(–6) mm wide, tip not prolonged, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–30 cm; peduncles of terminal spikes (0.8–)2–9 cm; proximal 1–3(–4) spikes pistillate, ascending; distal spikes erect; terminal 1–3 spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales lanceolate to ovate, apex acute to acuminate-awned, glabrous or scabrous-margined apically. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, broadly ovoid, 2.4–5.2 × 1.7–2.8 mm, densely pubescent, obscuring cellular details and veination; beak (0.6–)0.8–1.6 mm, firm, bidentulate, teeth straight, 0.4–0.8 mm. <b>2n</b> = 78.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Wet to dry meadows, marshes, stream banks, lakeshores, open carrs and woodlands, low dunes, ditches, and other usually moist, successional habitats, especially in regions of calcareous soils
|elevation=0–2900 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Carex pellita is abundant and variable in much of its range and a common plant of roadside ditches and other early successional or disturbed habitats. It is sometimes subsumed under C. lasiocarpa, as var. latifolia (Boeckeler) Gilly, but it is distinct in the field and has a quite different biology and distribution. However, slender and depauperate individuals can be difficult to distinguish in the herbarium.</p><!--
--><p>The name Carex lanuginosa has been used for this species in many floras, but the type of this name is C. lasiocarpa.</p><!--
--><p>Carex pellita hybridizes occasionally with C. hyalinolepis (= C. ×subimpressa) and rarely with C. lacustris, C. trichocarpa (= C. ×caesariensis, A. A. Reznicek and P. M. Catling 1985), and C. utriculata.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=mcclintock1994a
|text=McClintock, K. A. and M. J. Waterway. 1994. Genetic differentiation between Carex lasiocarpa and C. pellita (Cyperaceae) in North America. Amer. J. Bot. 81: 224–231.
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name=Carex pellita
|author=
|authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Wet to dry meadows, marshes, stream banks, lakeshores, open carrs and woodlands, low dunes, ditches, and other usually moist, successional habitats, especially in regions of calcareous soils
|elevation=0–2900 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Colo.;Conn.;Del.;Idaho;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;Nebr.;Nev.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;Pa.;R.I.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Va.;Wash.;W.Va.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|reference=mcclintock1994a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Paludosae
|species=Carex pellita
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