Carex bicolor

SPECIES

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

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Austria, British Columbia, East European Russia, France, Greenland, Iceland, Irkutsk, Italy

Observations recorded18,578

Culms erect or procumbent, to 20 cm. Leaves: blades 2–6 cm × 1–2.5 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bracts scalelike or leaflike, sheathless or with sheaths to 5 mm; lateral spikes with 5–25 perigynia, usually fastigiate, occasionally proximal distant, dense, 5–12 × 3.5–5.5 mm; middle internodes 0.2–0.4 mm; terminal spike gynecandrous, usually less than 1/3 of flowers staiminate, sessile, 6–11 mm, 1.1–1.8 mm wide in staminate portion. Pistillate scales ascending, ovate-circular, 1.9–2.5(–3) × 1.1–1.7 mm, apex obtuse, sometimes slightly mucronate. Staminate scales usually black or, rarely, dark brown with green midvein and hyaline margins, oblong-ovate, 2–3.5 mm, apex obtuse. Perigynia ascending, white, elliptic-ovate, 1.8–3 × 1–1.8 mm, densely papillose. Achenes obovate, 1.4–2 × 1–1.6 mm. 2n = ca. 52.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

1,896

With media

1,522

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, QUE, CMN, MICH, UAM

Recorded in

Canada, Sweden, Former U.S.S.R., United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

Carex bicolor Zweifarbige Segge.JPG

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