Carex albursina

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

{{Speciesbox

|name = White Bear sedge

|image = Carex albursina InsectImages 5553001.jpg

|parent = Carex sect. Laxiflorae

|display_parents = 3

|taxon = Carex albursina

|authority = E. Sheld.

|synonyms = Carex laxiflora var. latifolia Lam.{{Flora of Wisconsin|2885 |access-date = 2017-05-05}}

}}

Carex albursina, commonly known as the White bear sedge or blunt-scaled wood sedge, is a wide-leaved sedge that typically grows in moist deciduous or mixed woods in eastern North America.{{eFloras|1|242357031 |family=Cyperaceae |first1=Peter W. |last1=Ball |first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek}} It was named after White Bear Lake in east central Minnesota, where it was discovered by Edmund Sheldon in the 1890s.{{Minnesota Wildflowers|Carex albursina (White Bear Sedge)|grass-sedge-rush|white-bear-sedge}} The leaves are {{convert|10|-|38|mm|frac=16|abbr=in}} wide and {{convert|10|-|35|cm|0|abbr=in}} long.