This name is a synonym.
Carex pulchella (Lönnr.) Lindm., Sv. Fanerogamfl.: 143 (1918), nom. illeg.
Carex serotina subsp. pulchella (Lönnr.) Ooststr. in H.Heukels & W.H.Wachter, Bekn. Schoolfl. Nederl., ed. 7: 319 (1949).
Carex scandinavica E.W.Davies, Watsonia 3: 66 (1953).
Carex viridula var. pulchella (Lönnr.) B.Schmid, Watsonia 14: 316 (1983).
Carex viridula subsp. pulchella (Lönnr.) Malyschev, Fl. Sibir., Cyperac. 3: 130 (1990).
Carex flava subsp. pulchella (Lönnr.) P.D.Sell in P.D.Sell & G.Murrell, Fl. Great Britain Ireland 5: 363 (1996).
Carex oederi var. pulchella (Lönnr.) Hedrén & Lassen, Nordic J. Bot. 22: 262 (2002 publ. 2003).