Carex canariensis

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image=Carex canariensis (03).jpg

|image_caption=At the Ecological-Botanical Garden of the University of Bayreuth

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|image2_caption=Close-up of flowers

|genus=Carex

|species=canariensis

|authority=Kük.

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|synonyms=Vignea canariensis (Kük.) Soják

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Carex canariensis is a species of sedge in the family Cyperaceae, native to the island of Madeira and to the Canary Islands.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299024-1 |title=Carex canariensis Kük. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=22 March 2022 }} Its chromosome number is 2n = 58.{{cite journal |title=Cytotaxonomic studies in Iberian, Balearic, North African, and Macaronesian species of Carex (Cyperaceae). II |year=1994 |last1=Luceño |first1=Modesto |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=72 |issue=5 |pages=587–596 |doi=10.1139/b94-078 }}