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Carex acutata (common name, slender-tufted sedge, slender-spiked sedge) is a species of sedge, a perennial flowering plant, in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846.
Carex acutata is native to South America. In Bolivia, it occurs at elevations of 3,500–4,000 m (11,500–13,100 ft). It is distributed in mountainous habitats of the Tropical Andes, from Bolivia to Venezuela.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge · Carex adrienii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex acutata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
