Carex secta Boott

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Tussocks often forming trunk-like bases up to 1 m. × 50 cm., of matted rhizomes, roots and old culm-bases. Culms drooping, trigonous, grooved, harshly scabrid; basal sheaths brown. Lvs = or > culms, drooping, channelled, margins and keel harshly scabrid. Glumes very slightly < utricles, ovate, acuminate, membr., pale brown with a pale straw-coloured midrib and very broad hyaline margins. Utricle 2.5–3 × c. 1.5 mm., plano-convex or unequally biconvex, ovoid, turgid, dark brown, smooth or with faint nerves, shining; beak bifid, 0.5–1 mm. long with winged scabrid margins; stipe c. 0.1 mm. long. Stigmas 2. Nut c. 1.5 mm. long, biconvex, obovoid, light brown.
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Large harshly scabrid tussocks on tall trunk-like bases. Stems and leaves drooping. Spikes light brown, sessile male flowers at top. Utricles dark brown, smooth, shining. Stigmas 2.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 3-8
Soil humidity 5-9
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Carex secta unspecified picture

Distribution

Carex secta world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302178-1
WFO ID wfo-0000351147
COL ID RBSH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Carex secta Carex paniculata var. secta Carex virgata var. secta Carex appressa var. secta