| Name | Carex sterilis var. excelsior L. H. Bailey |
| Authorship | L. H. Bailey |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Carex sterilis Schkuhr ex Willdenow |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:47168-2 |
| Citation | 1893 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 424 |
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex sterilis var. excelsior L. H. Bailey |
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |