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Carex stellulata

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Name

Identification
Carex echinata Murray [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. A. Reznicek, Carex stellulata Goodenough [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by J. Carey, 1848
Related name
  • Carex muricata
  • Carex echinata
  • Carex mohriana
  • Carex stellulata
  • Carex sp.
  • Carex sterilis
Common name
  • Carex rayonnant, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Carex radiata (Wahlenberg) Small [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 radiata (Wahlenberg) Small [family CYPERACEAE], Fl. S.E. U.S., 218. 1903
Carex stellulata Goodenough var. radiata Wahlenberg [family CYPERACEAE], Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl., 24: 147. 1803
Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willdenow var. radiata (Wahlenberg) Dewey [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Peter W. Ball
A. A. Reznicek
Information
Plants without conspicuous rhizomes. Culms 20–80 cm, 0.8–1.5 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2, wider than long; widest leaf blades 1.3–1.9 mm wide. Inflorescences with 4–8 spikes, 3–7 cm × 5–7.5 mm; proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts to 5(–10) cm; spikes with 3–8 spreading or reflexed perigynia. Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or awned. Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm. Perigynia green, faces not veined, 2.6–3.8 × 1–1.5 mm, base of body spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 1–1.5 mm, margins serrulate distally; beak 0.4–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.2 mm. Stigmas straight or slightly twisted, 0.03–0.06 mm wide. Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.4 mm. 2n = 58.
Altitude range
50–1000 m;
Distribution
USA Ala.USA Ark.USA Conn.USA Del.USA D.C.USA Ill.USA Ind.USA IowaUSA Kans.USA Ky.USA La.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Miss.USA Mo.USA Nebr.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA N.C.USA N.Dak.USA OhioUSA Okla.USA Pa.USA S.C.USA S.Dak.USA Tenn.USA Vt.USA Va.USA W.Va.USA Wis.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada Que.
Discussion
The name Carex rosea has frequently been misapplied to C. radiata.

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