Carex norvegica subsp. inferalpina 1980

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 318

(b) Subsp. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Hultén , Lunds Univ. Ârsskr. nov. ser., 38 (1): 348 (1942)

(inch C. angarae Steudel ):

Laxly caespitose. Stems 20-60 cm. Leaves usually almost as long as stems, 2-5-5 mm wide, soft, dark green. Terminal spike of inflorescence larger than the rest; lowest bract erect. Female glumes c. i as long as utricles. Utricles 2-5-3-5 mm, ellipsoid, more or less patent, gradually narrowed into a usually smooth beak c. 0-75 mm. Damp woods and marshy meadows. Fennoscandia and N. Russia, usually at lower altitudes than subsp. (a).