Carex yamatsutana Ohwi

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Cyperaceae > Carex

Characteristics

Rhizome long creeping, subterete, clothed with brown scales. Culms ca. 20 cm tall, slender, trigonous, slightly scabrous above, clothed with brown or pale brown sheaths at base. Leaves ± equaling culm, blades linear, 2-3 mm wide, flat, margins slightly scabrous, apex acuminate. Involucral bracts glumelike. Spicate inflorescence oblong, 1-2 cm, sometimes interrupted below; spikes androgynous or gynaecandrous, sometimes lower ones female, ovate. Female glumes pale or slightly ferruginous, green at middle, lanceolate, ca. 2.3 mm, margins white hyaline, apex acute. Utricles yellowish green, longer than glume, ovate, plano-convex, 3-4 mm, membranous, many veined abaxially, faintly 3-5-veined adaxially, base subrounded, shortly stipitate, upper margins narrowly serrulate winged, apex gradually attenuate into a long beak, orifice membranous, obliquely truncate, 2-toothed. Nutlets somewhat tightly enveloped, oblong, ca. 1.3 mm; stigmas 2. Fl. and fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Distribution

Carex yamatsutana world distribution map, present in Chile, China, Montenegro, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303015-1
WFO ID wfo-0000352742
COL ID RCMX
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Synonyms

Carex yamatsutana Carex diplasiocarpa