Carex aureolensis

Steudel

Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 223. 1855.

Illustrated
Synonyms: Carex atrovirens Boeckeler Carex involucrata Boeckeler
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 519. Mentioned on page 516, 518.

Plants colonial, long-rhizomatous. Culms (10–) 20–85 cm. Leaves 2–8.5 mm wide, sparingly scabrous. Spikes 4–6, erect; lateral spikes pistillate with a few staminate flowers proximally and rarely also distally, narrowly elliptic, 11–4.5 × 5.5–11 mm; terminal spike staminate, sometimes gynecandrous or abortive, 9–42 × 1.5–3.5 mm. Pistillate scales with distinct body, 2.9–7 (–11.8) × 0.4–0.9 (–1.1) mm, body 1.5–2.5 mm, translucent, apex with long, scabrous awn to 1.4–4.5 (–9) mm, exceeding perigynia. Staminate scales ± tightly imbricate, lanceolate, narrowly ovate, or oblong-obovate, 3.3–9.3 (–12.5) × 0.9–1.6 mm, apex acute to truncate-erose or retuse, sometimes with scabrous awn to 0.1–6.2 (–9.2) mm. Perigynia horizontal, 3.2–5.1 (–5.6) × 1.3–2.5 mm, minutely pustulate; beak 1.2–2.1 mm, smooth. Achenes trigonousobovoid, sides strongly concave, 1.2–1.8 (–2.1) × 0.9–1.3 (–1.5) mm, less than 2 times as long as wide; style deciduous, straight or sinuous.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Wet meadows and woods, muddy margins of lakes and ponds, roadside ditches
Elevation: 0–500 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.Mex., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Nuevo León), South America

Discussion

Carex aureolensis has been recognized as a distinct species based on its staminate and pistillate scale morphology, growth habit, and distribution.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Carex aureolensis"
trigonous +
smaller +
beaked +  and truncate +
retuse;acute +
Bruce A. Ford +  and A. A. Reznicek +
Steudel +
0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br /> (0.92 cm9.2 mm <br />0.0092 m <br />) +
0.01 cm0.1 mm <br />1.0e-4 m <br /> (0.62 cm6.2 mm <br />0.0062 m <br />) +
rounded-tapering +  and tapering +
1.2 +  and 3.8 +
bidentate +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
v--shaped +  and septate-nodulose +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
distinct +
indistinct +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
redbrown +  and brown +
round +  and trigonous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (85 cm850 mm <br />0.85 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.Mex. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +  and South America +
0–500 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet meadows and woods, muddy margins of lakes and ponds, roadside ditches +
prophyllate +  and pedunculate +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +, sessile +  and many-veined +
0.51 cm5.1 mm <br />0.0051 m <br /> (0.56 cm5.6 mm <br />0.0056 m <br />) +
0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br /> (0.51 cm5.1 mm <br />0.0051 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
thread-like;leaflike +
Syn. Pl. Glumac. +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
0.93 cm9.3 mm <br />0.0093 m <br /> (1.25 cm12.5 mm <br />0.0125 m <br />) +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.11 cm1.1 mm <br />0.0011 m <br />) +
basal +  and proximal +
oblong-obovate;ovate;oblong-obovate;ovate;lanceolate +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
cylindric +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.21 cm2.1 mm <br />0.0021 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
concave +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
sinuous +  and straight +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex atrovirens +  and Carex involucrata +
Carex aureolensis +
Carex sect. Squarrosae +
species +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
plant +  and colonial +