Carex nelsonii Mack.

Nelson's sedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 15–30 cm, distally finely scabrous. Leaves 3–4 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bracts usually shorter than or, occasionally, equaling inflorescences; spikes contiguous, overlapping, forming dense terminal cluster or proximal spike sometimes distinct and separate, sessile or short-pedunculate, short-oblong, 10–12 × 5–8 mm; lateral 2–3 spikes pistillate; terminal spike gynecandrous. Pistillate scales blue-black to margins, lanceolate, shorter than, less frequently as long as, and as broad as perigynia, midvein same color as body, inconspicuous or lighter colored and conspicuous, apex acute. Perigynia ascending, yellow green, golden brown or if dark brown with yellow margins, veinless, narrowly elliptic, 3.5–4 × 1.5–1.75 mm, apex gradually beaked, distally papillose; beak 0.8–1 mm, bidentate, occasionally serrulate. Achenes filling proximal 1/2 or less of perigynia.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
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Soil texture 1-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Distribution

Carex nelsonii world distribution map, present in Colombia and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:46714-2
WFO ID wfo-0000349193
COL ID 5XCJN
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Synonyms

Carex nelsonii Carex estesiana