| Name | Carex distans Linnaeus |
| Authorship | Linnaeus |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus |
| Citation | 1759 Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2:1263 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex distans Linnaeus |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |