Carex blanda

SPECIES

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

Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas

Culms densely tufted, central or lateral, rarely erect, ascending, lax, or, occasionally, decumbent, slightly winged, 14–53 cm × 0.8–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths brown or light brown; sheaths 1–48 mm; blades erect, ascending or lax, green, midrib well developed abaxially, lateral veins developed adaxially, flat, 14–36 cm × 1–10 mm, blades of overwintering leaves smooth abaxially. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal absent; of terminal spike 0–1.7 cm. Bracts 0.9–17 cm × 1–8 mm, bract blade of distal lateral spikes linear, narrower than spikes, not concealing them (viewed from abaxial surface), widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes 4(–5) per culm; lateral spikes scattered or distal 2 proximate, 15–18 × 3–4 mm; terminal spike overtopping or proximate to proximal pistillate spikes, linear, 9–20 × 1.8–2.4 mm. Pistillate scales 2.8–3 × 1.4–1.6 mm, apex apiculate to aristate, awn to 1.5 mm. Staminate scales 1.8–3.2 × 1.4–1.8 mm, margins hyaline, apex acute or acuminate. Anthers 1.8–2.2 mm. Perigynia 4–18 per spike, closely overlapping, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 0.8–1.7, aggregated, ascending, conspicuously (22–)25–32-veined,

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Specimen records

13,967

With media

11,123

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

NEON, NY, QUE, ETSU, USFWS, CHAS

Recorded in

United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

Carex blanda drawing 1.png

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