Carex polystachya Sw. ex Wahlenb.

Caribbean sedge (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Rootstocks woody; culms 25-60 cm. high; leaves numerous, clustered towards the base, the leaf blades thick, stiff, light green, long-attenuate, very rough, 2-7 mm. wide; spikes very many, in decompound panicles, androgynous, 5-9 mm. long, 3-4 mm. wide; scales ovate, many-striate, cuspidate to acute; perigynia narrowly obovoid, sharply triangular, not inflated, bright green, 2-keeled and many-nerved, stipitate, abruptly beaked, the beak strongly bidentate, half the length of the body or less.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Carex polystachya world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301661-1
WFO ID wfo-0000350182
COL ID 69D22
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629268
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Synonyms

Carex polystachya Carex regnelliana Carex flaccida Carex pseudocyperus subsp. platygluma Carex polystachya var. minor Carex cladostachya f. polystachya

Lower taxons

Carex polystachya var. bartlettii (o'neill) Carex polystachya var. polystachya