Carex umbellata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image=Parasol Sedge (Carex umbellata) - Flickr - wackybadger.jpg

|image_caption=In Wisconsin

|image2=Carex umbellata BB-1913.png

|image2_caption=Botanical illustration

|genus=Carex

|species=umbellata

|authority=Willd.

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• Carex abdita E.P.Bicknell
• Carex umbellata subsp. abdita (E.P.Bicknell) W.Stone
• Carex umbellata var. brachyrhina Piper
• Carex umbellata var. brevirostris Boott
• Carex umbellata var. vicina Dewey
• Carex umbellata f. vicina (Dewey) Wiegand
• Olotrema umbellata (Willd.) Raf.

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Carex umbellata, the parasol sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to Canada and the central and eastern US, and introduced to the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30094578-2 |title=Carex umbellata Willd. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 June 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/parasol-sedge |title=Carex umbellata (Parasol Sedge) |author= |date=2021 |website=MinnesotaWildflowers.info |publisher=Minnesota Wildflowers |access-date=24 June 2021 }} Its seeds are dispersed by ants.{{cite journal |title=New ant-dispersed species in the genera Carex, Luzula, and Claytonia |year=1978 |last1=Handel |first1=Steven N. |journal=Canadian Journal of Botany |volume=56 |issue=22 |pages=2925–2927 |doi=10.1139/b78-351 }}