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|accepted_name=Carex elliottii
|accepted_authority=Schweinitz & Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|place=1: 357. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Carex castanea
|authority=Elliott
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sketch Bot. S. Carolina
|publication_place=2: 546. 1824,
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Vesicariae;Carex elliottii
|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. Vesicariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex elliottii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 503
|treatment_page=page 505
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>cespitose; rhizomes short. <b>Culms</b> trigonous in cross section, 25–75 cm, scabrous distally. <b>Leaves</b>: basal sheaths reddish purple; ligules wider than long; blades dark green, flat to W-shaped, widest leaves 1.5–4.5 mm wide, glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1.7–10(–15.5) cm; proximal bract 7–24 cm, much exceeding inflorescence; proximal 1–3 spikes pistillate erect, ca. 3–20-flowered, globose or short-ovoid; terminal 1(–2) spikes staminate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate, 2.8–4.2 × 2–2.6 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute, awnless. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending to spreading, the proximal reflexed, often green or straw colored, strongly 7–11-veined, veins running into beak, narrowly ovate, 5.6–8.8 × 1.6–2.7 mm, apex tapered; beak 1.4–3(–4.5) mm, bidentulate, smooth, teeth straight, 0.3–1 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> 3. <b>Achenes</b> brown, symmetric, not indented, trigonous, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Apr–May.
|habitat=Acidic soil in swamp forests and forest openings, open seeps, sandy and peaty pond shores, uncommon and local
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex elliottii
|authority=Schweinitz & Torrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Carex castanea
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Apr–May.
|habitat=Acidic soil in swamp forests and forest openings, open seeps, sandy and peaty pond shores, uncommon and local
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication year=1825
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Vesicariae
|species=Carex elliottii
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