Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell [Cyperaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
fescue sedge	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carex festucacea var. brevior (Dewey) Fernald Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 477 (1902).
Carex straminea var. brevior Dewey Amer. J. Sci. Arts 11: 158 (1826).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mack. ex Lunell	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carex brevior (Dewey) Mackenzie ex Lunell	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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