| Name | Carex mertensii J. D. Prescott ex Bongard |
| Authorship | J. D. Prescott ex Bongard |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Carex Linnaeus |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:300953-1 |
| Citation | 1832 Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2: 168 |
| Holdings | 2 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Carex mertensii J. D. Prescott ex Bongard |
| Identification made in | [no date] (2) |