Carex peregrina

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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• Carex guthnickiana {{small|J.Gay}}
• Carex macrostylos var. guthnickiana {{small|(J.Gay) C.B.Clarke, T.A.Durand & H.Schinz}}
• Carex macrostylos var. peregrina {{small|(Link) L.H.Bailey ex Trel.}}
• Carex sagittifera {{small|Lowe}}

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Carex peregrina is a species of sedge (family Cyperaceae), with a remarkably disjunct distribution; it is found in the Azores and Madeira islands in the eastern Atlantic, and more than {{cvt|6000|km|mi}} away in the mountains of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, in east Africa.{{cite POWO |id=301507-1 |title=Carex peregrina Link |access-date=5 October 2022 |quote=Bale Mountains ... Mt. Meru }} It prefers to grow in montane forests but occasionally is found sunny grasslands from {{cvt|2300|to|3500|m}} above sea level.{{cite journal |title=Synopsis of Carex (Cyperaceae) from sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar |year=2011 |last1=Gehrke |first1=Berit |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=166 |pages=51–99 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01116.x |doi-access=free }}