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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><i>Carex pellita</i> 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 <i>C. lasiocarpa</i>, as <i></i>var.<i> latifolia</i> (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 <i>Carex</i> lanuginosa has been used for this species in many floras, but the type of this name is <i>C. lasiocarpa</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Carex pellita</i> hybridizes occasionally with <i>C. hyalinolepis</i> (= C. ×subimpressa) and rarely with <i>C. lacustris</i>, <i>C. trichocarpa</i> (= C. ×caesariensis, A. A. Reznicek and P. M. Catling 1985), and <i>C. utriculata</i>.</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
|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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