Carex barrattii

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderPoales
5. FamilyCyperaceae

Native toAlabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

Culms aphyllopodic, without dead leaf remains at base, 20–90 cm. Leaf blades 2–5 mm wide, margins revolute, scabrid at tip. Inflo-rescences: proximal bracts 2–7 cm, shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes usually androg-ynous, (10–)25–50 × 3.5–6 mm, with 20–80 perigynia; terminal spikes 20–50 × 2.5–5 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, 2.4–4 × 1.3–1.8 mm, shorter and as wide as or slightly narrower than perigynia, apex obtuse to acute. Staminate scales oblong-obovate, 3.7–4.5 × 1.2–2 mm, apex obtuse. Anthers 2.6–2.9 mm. Perigynia 2.5–3.5 × 1.2–2 mm, apex rounded; beak 0.1–0.5 mm.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

567

With media

475

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

YPM, CAS, CM, ANSP, NY, MICH

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

Carex barrattii drawing 1.png

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