Carex cordillerana Saarela & B.A.Ford

Cordilleran sedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Culms 6.8–40 cm. Leaves: basal sheaths pale to medium brown; blades dull green to yellowish green, exceeding culms, 1.5–5.9 mm wide, widest ones 2–5.5 mm wide, herbaceous, margins green, papillose. Lateral spikes 0–3, basal, on erect peduncles. Terminal spikes with staminate portion 2–3-flowered, 1.7–2.6 × 0.4–0.9 mm; pistillate portion 3–5-flowered. Pistillate scales yellowish green to dull olive green, margins green, 2.5–3 mm wide, essentially concealing perigynia, apex acute; distal scales ovate, apex acute. Staminate scales white or green, often with reddish brown tinge, margins connate, sometimes for entire length, enfolding scales above, apex obtuse. Anthers 0.9–1.4 mm. Perigynia yellowish green to dull olive green, obovoid, 3.9–5.4 × 1.6–2.5 mm, tightly enveloping achenes, apex abruptly tapered; beak 0.5–1.6 mm, smooth. Stigmas clavate, erect, minutely papillose. Achenes brown, obpyriform, 2.8–3.5 × 1.5–2.4 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

Carex cordillerana world distribution map, present in Canada

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322080-2
WFO ID wfo-0000345713
COL ID R8RF
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Synonyms

Carex cordillerana