Carex amplectens

SPECIES

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

Native toCalifornia

Plants densely cespitose. Culms (30–)50–90 cm. Leaves: sheaths sometimes adaxially brownish tinged, summits rounded to acute, usually prolonged to 1–5 mm beyond collar; distal ligules 1.5–4.5 mm, often shorter than sheath summits; blades (3–)4–5(–7) per fertile culm, 20–45 cm × 3–5(–6.5) mm. Inflorescences open, usually dense distally, green, silvery, or pale gold, 4–6.5 cm × 10–18 mm; proximal internode (7–)10–20 mm; 2d internode 4–8.5 mm; proximal bracts leaflike or bristlelike, if leaflike then much longer than inflorescence, base usually surrounding culm. Spikes (6–)10–20, distant, distinct, obovoid, or sometimes lanceoloid to ovoid, (12–)14–17 × 5–8 mm, base usually attenuate, apex rounded or acute. Pistillate scales white-hyaline with conspicuous green midstripe, sometimes tinged pale gold, ovate, 3.5–5.5 mm, shorter and narrower than or ± equaling perigynia, base curved around perigynia, apex acute to awned. Perigynia appressed-ascending to ascending-spreading, whitish green to pale gold, conspicuously (6–)8–11-veined abaxially, conspicuously or, occasionally, faintly 4–8-veined adaxially, veins more than 2/3 achene length, at least 3 adaxial veins longer than achene, ovate,

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

21

With media

14

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

CHSC, HSC, BRY, SBBG, RSA, CM

Recorded in

United States, Etats-Unis

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

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