Carex obtusata Liljeb.
Nomenclatural section used by Flora of North America project subgenus Carex, sect. Lamprochlaenae (Drejer) Bailey
Distribution. North American (Western prairie species, Mackenzie, Alaska, Yukon, and Rocky Mountains, Eurasia). Rare (not yet reported in the Arctic Archipelago).
Notes. Mentioned in Porsild (1957) as a species whose distribution comes close to the Arctic Archipelago. It is mainly a prairie, species although it appears to occur on gravel further north. There are a few other species in the same category e.g. C. concinna, C. Mackenziei, C. rotundata (in N. Quebec) mapped by Porsild and Cody.
Cite this publication as: Aiken, S.G., Boles, R.L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1999 onwards. ‘Cyperaceae of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval.’ Version: 6th November 2000. http://http://www.mun.ca/biology/delta/arcticf/. Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1995, 2000) should also be cited (see References).