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Carex tolmiei

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Name

Identification
Carex spectabilis Dewey [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by D. F. Murray, Carex tolmiei Boott [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Boott, 1839
Related name
  • Carex spectabilis
  • Carex gymnoclada
  • Carex luzulina
  • Carex prionophylla
  • Carex misandra
  • Carex nelsonii
  • Carex tolmiei

Flora

Entry for Carex scopulorum T. Holm var. scopulorum [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 scopulorum T. Holm var. scopulorum [family CYPERACEAE]
Carex chimaphila T. Holm [family CYPERACEAE]
Carex scopulorum var. subconcoloroides Kelso [family CYPERACEAE]
Carex tolmiei Boott var. subsessilis L. H. Bailey [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Peter W. Ball
A. A. Reznicek
Information
Culms 11–40 cm, glabrous on angles. Leaves: proximal sheaths brown, fronts with pale brown spots, veinless, with blades, glabrous; leaf blades 3–6 mm wide. Perigynia obovoid.
Phenology Fruiting
aug
summer
sep
fall
Altitude range
3000–4500 m;
Distribution
USA Colo.USA Wyo.
Discussion
A common sedge of the southern Rocky Mountains, Carex scopulorum var. scopulorum is distinguished from var. bracteosa by the glabrous stems and sheaths, and by the broader more obovoid perigynia.

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