Carex physocarpa J. & K. Presl
Rel. Haenk. I: 205. 1828.
= Carex saxatilis var. major Olney
Carex franklinii var. nicholsonis Boivin
Carex saxatilis subsp. laxa Trautv.
Notes. Porsild (1957), indicated that this is a species that comes close to, but has not been recorded in the Arctic Archipelago. Ford and Ball (1992) placed this taxon in synonymy with C. saxatilis.
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).