Carex leersii

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

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|image=Carex chabertii.JPG

|image_caption=Inflorescence

|image2=Carex cuprina Habitat 2011-4-16 CampodeCalatrava.jpg

|image2_caption=In a field in Spain

|genus=Carex

|species=leersii

|authority=F.W.Schultz

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|synonyms={{Collapsible list|

• Carex canescens {{small|Leers}}
• Carex chabertii {{small|F.W.Schultz}}
• Carex contigua subsp. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Degen}}
• Carex cuprina {{small|(Sándor ex Heuff.) Nendtv. ex A.Kern.}}
• Carex divulsa subsp. chabertii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Asch. & Graebn.}}
• Carex divulsa var. chabertii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Nyman}}
• Carex divulsa var. intermedia {{small|Lange}}
• Carex divulsa subsp. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) W.Koch}}
• Carex durieui {{small|(F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz}}
• Carex echinata var. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Kük.}}
• Carex leersiana {{small|Rauschert}}
• Carex leersiana {{small|(Rouy) Prain}}
• Carex leersii var. depauperata {{small|Hampe ex Vollm.}}
• Carex muricata var. chabertii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Maire & Weiller}}
• Carex muricata subsp. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Asch. & Graebn.}}
• Carex muricata var. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Kneuck.}}
• Carex nemorosa var. cuprina {{small|Sándor ex Heuff.}}
• Carex pairae var. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) Kük.}}
• Carex pairae subsp. leersii {{small|(F.W.Schultz) O.Schwarz}}
• Carex virens var. durieui {{small|F.W.Schultz}}
• Carex vulpina subsp. cuprina {{small|(Sándor ex Heuff.) O.Bolòs & Vigo}}
• Vignea cuprina {{small|(Sándor ex Heuff.) Soják}}
• Vignea divulsa subsp. leersiana {{small|Dostál}}

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Carex leersii, the grassland sedge or many-leaved sedge, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae.{{cite web |url=https://identify.plantnet.org/the-plant-list/species/Carex%20leersii%20F.W.Schultz/data |title=Carex leersii F.W.Schultz |author= |date=2022 |website=plantnet.org |access-date=9 October 2022 |quote=Grassland sedge, Leers' sedge, Many-leaved Sedge }}{{cite web |title=Carex divulsa subsp. leersii |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/103310/i-carex-divulsa-i-subsp-i-leersii-i/details |date=2022 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=9 October 2022 |quote=1 suppliers }} It is native to the Atlas Mountains in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Altai and the western Himalayas, and has been introduced to New Zealand.{{cite POWO |id=300600-1 |title=Carex leersii F.W.Schultz |access-date=9 October 2022 }} It is a member of the Carex muricata group, and prefers to grow in sunny, relatively dry locations.{{cite journal |last1=Molina |first1=Ana |last2=Acedo |first2=Carmen |last3=Llamas |first3=Félix |date=May 2008 |title=(1817) Proposal to conserve the name Carex leersii F.W. Schultz against C. leersii Willd. and C. chabertii (Cyperaceae). |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234074708 |journal=Taxon |volume=57 |issue=2 |pages=648–649 |access-date=9 October 2022 }}