| Name | Carex distachya Desfontaines |
| Authorship | Desfontaines |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus |
| Remarks | [confirmed] [imported from GBIF] |
| Citation | 1799 Fl. Atlant. 2: 336 |
| Holdings | 6 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex distachya Desfontaines |
| Identification made in | [no date] (6) |