This sedge with a strictly Mediterranean distribution is present in all regions of Central and Southern Italy (including the Islands), in Liguria, Piedmont and Veneto. It grows in oak woods and in their clearings, on soils which are rather dry in summer, below the lower montane belt, with optimum in the Mediterranean belt. The species is sporadic on the edge of the Sardinian temporary ponds, in contact with Mediterranean garrigues and grasslands. The genus name derives from the Greek 'keiro' (to cut), because of the sharp edges of the leaves of some species, the species name in Greek means 'with two ears'. Flowering period: April to June.

Italian name(s): Carice a 2 spighe (Italia), Carice distachia (Italia), Carice mediterranea (Italia).