Carex illota

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

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| image = Carexillota.jpg

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| genus = Carex

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Carex sect. Ovales

| species = illota

| authority = L.H.Bailey

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Carex illota is a species of sedge known by the common name sheep sedge.{{PLANTS|id=CAIL|taxon=Carex illota|accessdate=24 September 2018}} It is native to western North America, where it grows in wet places such as marshes and mountain meadows, from New Mexico and California north to Western Canada.{{Cite web |title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CAIL |access-date= |website=www.wildflower.org}}