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Carex rariflora

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Name

Identification
Carex rariflora (Wahlenb.) Sm. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Carex limosa Wahlenb. [family CYPERACEAE ]
Related name
  • Carex limosa
  • Carex pauciflora
  • Carex rariflora
Common name
  • Carex rariflore, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Carex rariflora (Wahlenberg) Smith [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Carex rariflora (Wahlenberg) Smith [family CYPERACEAE], in J. E. Smith and J. Sowerby, Engl. Bot., plate, 2516. 1813
Carex limosa Linnaeus var. rariflora Wahlenberg [family CYPERACEAE], Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl., 24: 162. 1803
Carex rariflora var. pluriflora (Hultén) T. V. Egorova [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Peter W. Ball
A. A. Reznicek
Information
Culms phyllopodic, with dead leaf remains at base, 5–35 cm. Leaf blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins sometimes involute, scabrid at tip. Inflorescences: proximal bracts 0.5-2 cm, much shorter than inflorescences; lateral spikes 6–15 × 3.5–5 mm, with 2–10 perigynia; terminal spikes 6–20 × 1–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales circular-ovate, 3–4.8 × 2.2–3.4 mm, long as and wider than perigynia, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Staminate scales oblanceolate to obovate, 3.2–4.8 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Perigynia 2.5–4.5 × 1.6–2 mm, apex rounded; beak absent. 2n = 52.
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
Altitude range
0–500 m;
Distribution
GreenlandSt. Pierre and Miquelonsubarctic Eurasia.USA AlaskaUSA MaineCanada Man.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada NunavutCanada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Yukon

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