The Flora of Mount Rainier -- a Photographic Journey, by Susan McDougall

Golden Sedge - Carex aurea

Golden Sedge - Carex aurea
Golden Sedge - Carex aurea
Golden Sedge - Carex aurea
Rare and not observed in the Park since the 1930s when it was collected at Longmire -  until it was found in a wet roadside ditch below Chinook Pass and photographed on September 8, 2016. Also called "Pumpkin Sedge" for its odd, round, orange perigynia.
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