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|accepted_name=Carex epapillosa
|accepted_authority=Mackenzie in P. A. Rydberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in P. A. Rydberg, Fl. Rocky Mts.,
|place=138, 1060. 1917
|year=1917
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex hagiana
|authority=Kelso
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex heteroneura var. epapillosa
|authority=(Mackenzie) F. J. Hermann
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Racemosae;Carex epapillosa
|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. Racemosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex epapillosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 411
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>densely cespitose. <b>Culms</b> to 25–60(–100) cm, smooth. <b>Leaves</b> 2–6 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b>: proximal bracts shorter than or exceeding inflorescences; spikes oblong or clavate, 10–25 × 6–8 mm; proximal spikes separate, usually pendent, often long-pendunculate; distal ones overlapping, erect, contiguous, short-pendunculate; lateral 3–5 spikes pistillate; terminal spike gynecandrous, 1/4 or less staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales light to dark brown, margins hyaline, lanceolate, typically equaling or longer, sometimes shorter and narrower than perigynia, midvein dark, same color as body, inconspicuous, frequently raised, prominent, apex acute to short-mucronate. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, light to dark brown with light brown margins, veinless, obovate or circular, 3.5–4 × 2–3 mm, apex abruptly beaked, smooth; beak 0.3–0.5 mm, shallowly or deeply bidentate, smooth. <b>Achenes</b> filling proximal 1/2 or less of perigynia.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Stream margins in open forest, moist subpalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=2000–3700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Intermediates between <i>Carex epapillosa</i> and <i>C. heteroneura</i> occur in California, <i>Nevada</i>, and Utah.</p>
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name=Carex epapillosa
|authority=Mackenzie in P. A. Rydberg
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex hagiana;Carex heteroneura var. epapillosa
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Stream margins in open forest, moist subpalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=2000–3700 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in P. A. Rydberg, Fl. Rocky Mts.,
|publication year=1917
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_742.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Racemosae
|species=Carex epapillosa
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