Carex fracta

SPECIES

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

Native toCalifornia, Mexico Northwest, Oregon, Washington

Observations recorded1,782

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 60–115 cm. Leaves: sheaths adaxially green-veined at least in proximal 1/2, Y-shaped white-hyaline band extending at least 10 mm proximal to collar, firm, summits rounded, usually prolonged to 3–9 mm beyond collar; distal ligules (1.5–)3–13 mm; blades 4–5(–6) per fertile culm, 20–45 cm × 4–7 mm. Inflorescences proximal branches often bearing more than 1 spike, open or dense, green to pale gold, 3.5–8 cm × 10–16 mm; proximal internode 3–18 mm; 2d internode 3–9 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, shorter than inflorescences or occasionally leaflike. Spikes 11–35, distant or aggregated, individually distinct or indistinct, lanceoloid to broadly ovoid, 10–18 × 5–7 mm, base acute to attenuate, apex rounded to tapered. Pistillate scales white-hyaline or gold, occasionally tinged brownish or green, with green to gold midstripe, lanceolate or ovate, (2.8–)3.6–4.5 mm, shorter or longer and narrower than perigynia, apex long-acuminate to awned. Perigynia ascending to spreading, green to gold, conspicuously 8–11-veined abaxially, conspicuously 5–8-veined adaxially, ovate, plano-convex, 2.9–4(–4.8) × 1–1.7 mm, 0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.2(–0.3)

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Specimen records

1,468

With media

1,120

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

CAS, UTEP

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

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