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Carex caryophyllea Latourr.

Vernal sedge (en), Laîche printanière (fr), Laîche du printemps (fr), Laîche caryophyllée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Culms trigonous, angles obtuse, 4–35 cm, scabrous distally. Leaves basal; sheath fronts with apex concave to V-shaped, glabrous; blades 7–25 cm × 1.5–3 mm, shorter than culm. Inflorescences 2–4 cm; proximal bracts to 5 × 1 mm; spikes crowded; lateral spikes 0.5–1.5 cm × 4–5 mm; terminal spikes 1–2 cm × 4 mm. Scales brown with yellow-brown midrib, 3-veined, equaling perigynia, apex acuminate to retuse, with scabrous awn to 2 mm. Anthers 2–3 mm. Perigynia yellow-brown, often red-brown at apex, sides convex, 2.5–2.8 × 1.5 mm, hairs purple-brown (hair-base bulbous); beak red-brown, conic, thickened. Achenes brown, sessile, mitrate, obovoid, 2–2.2 mm. 2n = 58, 62, 64, 66, 68 (Europe, Japan).
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Laxly cespitose, with short creeping rhizomes; stems 1–4 dm, usually much surpassing the short lvs, these all near the base, 1.5–3.5 mm wide; spikes 3 or 4, approximate, the terminal one staminate, 1–2 cm, the lateral ones pistillate, 0.5–1.5 cm, sessile or short-peduncled; pistillate scales brown, ovate-oblong, as wide and long as the perigynia; perigynia narrowly obovoid, 2.5–3 mm, finely hairy, obtusely trigonous, tapering toward the base, short-beaked; achene rounded-trigonous; 2n=62–68. Native of Eurasia, intr. in dry soil from N.B. and Me. to D.C., especially abundant in e. Mass.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.53 - 1.68
Root system rhizome
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Root diameter (meter) 0.1
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

Uses environmental use forage
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Images

Habit

Carex caryophyllea habit picture by beurny (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea habit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Carex caryophyllea leaf picture by jeanalain Gleyzes (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea leaf picture by Noé Simler (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea leaf picture by Tom Fisher (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Carex caryophyllea flower picture by Serge Beuchat (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea flower picture by Steve Orridge (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea flower picture by psisalonupotoka (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Carex caryophyllea fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea fruit picture by Yoan MARTIN (cc-by-sa)
Carex caryophyllea fruit picture by Ertan Seçkin (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Carex caryophyllea world distribution map, present in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:324492-2
WFO ID wfo-0000345352
COL ID R8JM
BDTFX ID 13560
INPN ID 88415
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Carex caryophyllea f. longibracteata Carex caryophyllea f. refracta Carex verna f. globuliflora Carex praecox f. longivaginata Carex praecox f. luxurians Carex mollis Carex praecox f. fissa Carex praecox f. pygmaea Carex praecox f. subpolyrrhiza Carex praecox f. umbrosiformis Carex verna Carex caryophyllea f. luxurians Carex saxatilis Carex insulana Carex decumbens Carex verna f. subpolyrrhiza Carex verna f. umbrosiformis Carex verna f. pygmaea Carex verna f. monostachya Carex caryophyllea f. monostachya Carex verna f. distans Carex anomala Carex caryophyllea f. argyrata Carex caryophyllea f. chlorantha Carex caryophyllea f. dissita Carex caryophyllea f. globuliflora Carex fuscotincta Carex praecox Carex caryophyllea var. angustifolia Carex caryophyllea var. caespitosa Carex caryophyllea var. mollis Carex caryophyllea var. oxycarpa Carex praecox var. caespitosa Carex praecox var. diastachya Carex praecox var. dumetorum Carex praecox var. elatior Carex praecox var. insularis Carex praecox var. longifrons Carex praecox var. magna Carex praecox var. vidalii Carex verna var. caespitiformis Carex verna var. minor Carex verna var. oxycarpa Carex praecox var. distans Carex praecox var. rhizostachya Carex verna var. rhizostachya Carex verna var. cuspidata Carex praecox var. cuspidata Carex caryophyllea var. cuspidata Carex caryophyllea var. rhizostachya Carex caryophyllea var. elatior Carex verna var. longivaginata Carex verna var. fuscotincta Carex caryophyllea var. insularis Carex praecox var. refracta Carex caryophyllea var. sierra-nevadae Carex caryophyllea var. fuscotincta Carex praecox var. minor Carex caryophyllea f. glomerata Carex caryophyllea f. laxiflora Carex caryophyllea f. leiocarpa Carex caryophyllea f. longivaginata Carex caryophyllea f. pallescens Carex caryophyllea f. pedunculata Carex caryophyllea f. pygmaea Carex caryophyllea f. subpolyrrhiza Carex caryophyllea f. umbrosiformis Carex caryophyllea f. vidalii Carex setosa Carex verna f. argyrata Carex verna f. chlorantha Carex verna f. glomerata Carex verna f. laxiflora Carex verna f. longibracteata Carex verna f. pedunculata Carex praecox var. insularis Carex caryophyllea

Lower taxons

Carex caryophyllea var. caryophyllea Carex caryophyllea var. microtricha
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