Carex concinnoides

northwestern sedge

SPECIES

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

Observations411

Observations recorded977

Plants loosely cespitose, long-rhizomatous. Culms 14–37 cm. Leaves: basal sheaths dark reddish brown; blades mostly basal, pale green, shorter than culms, thick, 1.7–4.5 mm wide. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal spikes short; peduncles of terminal staminate spikes 1.5–3(–10) mm; proximal bracts short-sheathing; pistillate spikes 1–3, emerging from cauline nodes, aggregated, ascending, ovoid to short-cylindric; staminate spikes 8–22 × 1.8–3.1 mm. Scales: pistillate scales dark reddish brown, ovate to obovate, apex obtuse to acute, minutely ciliate; staminate scales dark reddish to purplish brown, ovate to obovate, margins white, apex acute, scarious. Anthers 1.9–3.1 mm. Perigynia ellipsoid to obovoid, 2.5–3 × 1.4–1.7 mm, base tapering, pubescent with straight white hairs; beak 0.5 mm. Stigmas 4, erect or convolute, thick, weakly papillose. Achenes obovoid, 1.9–2.5 × 1.3–1.6 mm.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

574

With media

416

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

CAS, CHSC, NY, DAV, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UTEP

Recorded in

United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

Carexconcinnoides.jpg

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