Species: Carex pellita

Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Cyperales - Cyperaceae - Carex - Gleason and Cronquist (1991) say that the name C. lanuginosa has been misapplied and that the recognized name is C. pellita. Dr. Anton (Tony) Reznicek concurs (Michigan Heritage Program, 1993). In the sense of Kartesz (1999), plants formerly called Carex lanuginosa var. americana are C. lasiocarpa var. americana; all other plants called C. lanuginosa within his range are C. pellita; hence C. lanuginosa in the sense of Kartesz occurs only outside of North America (north of Mexico). Note also that Kartesz in his 1999 list omitted the period after the author abbreviation for Muhlenberg (Muhl.).