Carex cruenta Nees

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Rhizome creeping. Culms 20-75 cm tall, erect, acutely trigonous, slender, slightly pendent, clothed at base with brown sheaths. Leaves shorter than culm, blades linear, 3-4 mm wide, flat. Lower involucral bracts leaflike, shorter than inflorescence, long sheathing, upper ones glumelike. Spikes 4-7; upper 1-3 male or mixed with female flowers, sometimes gynaecandrous; remaining spikes female, oblong, 1.5-3 cm, densely many flowered, pendent, with slender peduncles 2-7 cm. Female glumes dark sanguineous, ovate or lanceolate, ca. 4 mm, midrib stramineous, apex acuminate. Utricles longer than glume, narrowly lanceolate, upper margins scabrous. Nutlets narrowly elliptic, base long stipitate; style base not thickened; stigmas 3. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.75
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Images

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Distribution

Carex cruenta world distribution map, present in China, Nepal, and Pakistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299313-1
WFO ID wfo-0000345784
COL ID R8SZ
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Carex cruenta Carex heterolepis