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|accepted_name=Carex purpurifera
|accepted_authority=Mackenzie in J. K. Small
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. K. Small, Man. S.E. Fl.,
|place=216, 1503. 1933
|year=1933
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Laxiflorae;Carex purpurifera
|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. Laxiflorae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex purpurifera]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 433
|treatment_page=page 437
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>densely tufted, erect, ascending, rarely decumbent, 28–56 cm × 0.7–1.2 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths purple; sheaths 7–54 mm; blades erect or ascending, midrib well developed especially abaxially, 2 lateral veins developed adaxially, flat, 24–48 cm × 5–10 mm, dead leaves lateral to new clumps; blade of owerwintered leaves desnsely papillose abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b>: peduncles of pistillate spike absent; of terminal spike (0.4–)3.1–5.4(–15.7) cm. <b>Bracts</b> 0.14–0.92 cm × 2–3.5 mm, bract blade of distal lateral spikes linear, narrower than spikes; widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. <b>Spikes</b> usually 4 per culm; lateral spikes 14–45 × 2.2–4.5 mm; terminal spike linear, 12–32 × 2–3.5 mm; exeeding bract blade of distalmost lateral spike. <b>Pistillate</b> scales 3–5 × 1.4–2 mm, apex acute to aristate, awn to 2 mm, serrulate. <b>Staminate</b> scales 7–11 × 1.2–2 mm, margins hyaline or purplish. <b>Anthers</b> 3.2–4 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> 4–16 per spike, loosely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 1.9–3.4, finely, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined, oblong-elliptic, 3.6–4.1 × 1.8–2.2 mm; beak slightly curved, 0.8–1.4 mm. <b>Achenes</b> ovate, 3.4–3.8 × 1.6–2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34, 36, 38.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Moist, deciduous or, rarely, mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, around limestone escarpments, washes, sinks, and cave entrances
|elevation=200–1100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.
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name=Carex purpurifera
|authority=Mackenzie in J. K. Small
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Moist, deciduous or, rarely, mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, around limestone escarpments, washes, sinks, and cave entrances
|elevation=200–1100 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;N.C.;Ohio;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. K. Small, Man. S.E. Fl.,
|publication year=1933
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Laxiflorae
|species=Carex purpurifera
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