Carex spartea Wahlenb.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Perennial herb, sparsely tufted, 0.3-0.7(0.9) m high. Leaf blades 2-4 mm wide, V-shaped. Culm nodose, ridged, 3-angled, ± 1.0-1.5 mm in diam. Inflorescence a slender interrupted panicle, apical co-florescence 15-20 x 12-15 mm. Subtending bracts: lowest with sheath 10-35 mm long. Spikelet bracts (glumes): female ovate, 3.0-4.5(5.4) x 1.0-1.7 mm. Perigynium broadly elliptic, 2.3-2.9 x 1.3-1.7 mm (including 0.1-0.8 mm long rostrum), 3-angled, nervose, green. Flowering time Aug.-Apr. Nutlet broadly elliptic, 1.9-2.3 x ± 1.6 mm, 3-angled.
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Tufted, rigid, perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Culm 2 mm wide, firm. Leaves with blades 2-4 mm wide. Flowers: inflorescence a rather compact and rigid panicle; spikelets green; utricles > 5 per partial inflorescence, crowded, not distichous, 2.0-2.9 x 1.5-1.7 mm, including beak up to 0.6 mm long; subtending glumes not falling early; May-Nov.
Tufted perennial to 40 cm. Spikelets green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 7-8
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Distribution

Carex spartea world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302327-1
WFO ID wfo-0000351413
COL ID RBXJ
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Synonyms

Archaeocarex kunthiana Archaeocarex spartea Carex bolusii Schoenoxiphium kunthianum Carex dregeana Kobresia kunthiana Kobresia spartea Carex spartea