Carex lyngbyei, Hornem.

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 : 319

156. C. lyngbyei Hornem. , FI. Dan. 31: 6 (1827).

Rhizomes stout, creeping. Stems 20-90(-125) cm, sharply trigonous, smooth or slightly scabrid at apex; basal sheaths purplish-brown, mostly entire. Leaves shorter than stems, 3-6 mm wide, yellowish-green. Male spikes 2-3. Female spikes 2-4, 20-80 mm, dense or rather lax, long-pedunculate and pendent; lowest bract exceeding the inflorescence. Female glumes 2-3 times as long as utricles, lanceolate, acuminate, dark reddish-brown to purplish-brown, 3-veined, often with a short awn. Utricles c. 3 mm, ovateorbicular, greyish-green, faintly veined; beak c. 0-2 x 0-2 mm, In =72. Wet places. Iceland, Fceröer. F a is. (Greenland, North America, N.E. Asia.)