Carex eburnea

SPECIES

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

Native toAlabama, Alaska, Alberta, Arkansas, British Columbia, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba

Culms 7–31 cm. Leaf blades involute, bristlelike, 3–21 cm × 0.2–1 mm. Inflorescences: proximal bract sheaths 2.5–8 mm; pistillate spikes 3–7 × 1.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 3–10 × 0.5–1.5 mm, inconspicuous. Scales: pistillate scales white-hyaline, with green or brown midvein, ovate to ovate-circular, 1–2 × 0.7–1.4 mm, shorter than or equaling perigynia; staminate scales, white-hyaline, with broad hyaline margins, elliptic-oblanceolate, 2.6–4 × 0.7–2 mm, apex obtuse or subacute. Anthers 1.3–1.8 mm. Perigynia light green becoming dark brown and glossy, 1.5–2.2 × 0.7–1.1 mm; beak 0.2–0.4(–0.5) mm. Achenes ellipsoid-obovoid.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

3,414

With media

2,696

Family

Cyperaceae

Collections

QUE, CHAS, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT

Recorded in

Canada, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Carex

Image

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