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Carex stellulata is the only European species related 1o the sect. Stellulatae (Kunth) Christ. While being already known in almost all the Italian regions and in Cors recorded for the first time in Sicily. Its finding in a little peat-bog in the Madonie Mountains is here reported. The local phytocoenosis is characterized by some species of Sphagnum and others acidophilic bryophytes, oceanic ferns and various, mostly endemic. anthophytes.