Carex diandra

クリイロスゲ

SPECIES

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

Native toAlaska, Alberta, Altay, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Russia, Colorado

Observations recorded50,185

Culms (1–)2–90 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially whitish, conspicuously red dotted, truncate or convex at mouth, prolonged 0.4–4(–6) mm beyond base of blade; ligules 8–57 mm; foliage leaf blades 14–30(–47) cm × 1–2.5 mm. Inflorescences bisexual, straight, little interrupted, ± compound (short branch at least on most proximal node or, occasionally, unbranched) , 2–5(–6) × 0.6–1.4(–1.7) cm, proximal 0–3 branches slightly overlapping 1 above; basal branch (when present) with 2–12 spikes; proximal internode 3–7(–10) mm. Pistillate scales straw colored or brownish, 1.5–2.7 × 0.9–1.6 mm, as wide as perigynia at base, narrower distally. Perigynia ± spreading, olive to dark chestnut brown, stongly 4–6-veined and finely 2–4-veined abaxially, with narrow median strip extending full length (grooved aspect emphasized by pair of bordering veins), often membranous flap toward apex, narrowly deltoid-ovoid, unequally biconvex, (2–)2.3–2.5(–2.9) × 1–1.4 mm, shiny; beak 0.9–1.1 mm. Achenes broadly compressed-ovoid, 1.4–1.7 × 0.7–1 mm. 2n = 48, 50, 54, 60.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

6,016

With media

4,560

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS

Recorded in

Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

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