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§1 Plant
Carex purpurifera Mack.
vernacular purple sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 47 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 47 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Casey 21045
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Jackson 21109
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Lewis 21135
- Magoffin 21153
- Marion 21155
- McCreary 21147
- Montgomery 21173
- Owsley 21189
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CAPU12 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2725193 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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