Carex disticha

brown sedge

SPECIES

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

Native toAlberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri

Observations1,390

Observations recorded185,541

Culms trigonous, scabrous-angled distally, 30–120 cm; vegetative culms somewhat taller. Leaves: basal sheaths brown; sheaths with inner band green, veined, apex hyaline, prolonged 0.7–3 mm; glabrous; ligules 1.8–16 mm; blades 1.8–5.2 mm wide. Inflorescences contracted near middle, 2–7 cm; spikes ascending, ovate, 4–16 × 1.2–9 mm, basal spikes larger than those near middle. Pistillate scales reddish brown at maturity, hyaline margins very narrow or absent, ovate, acute to acuminate, glabrous. Staminate scales reddish brown, narrowly ovate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous. Perigynia (3.8–)4–5.5(–6.1) × 1.7–2.3 mm; beak (0.8–)1–1.9(–2.3) mm. Achenes brown.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

3,884

With media

2,678

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

MICH, QUE, RSA, CAS, MEL, NY

Recorded in

United Kingdom, Canada, United States, Australia, Czechia, Germany, Finland, Norway

Wikidata facts

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taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

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