Carex filifolia var. filifolia
Culms round to sharply trigonous, 8–35 cm. Leaf-blades 7–25 cm, 0.3–0.7 mm wide near base. Spike (10–) 12–26 (–30) × 3–7 mm, staminate portion 4–14 mm. Longest pistillate scales 2.9–4.5 (–6.5) × 1.9–4 mm excluding awns, usually equaling or longer than perigynia. Perigynia obovate, (2.8–) 3–4.8 × 1.4–2 mm; beak 0.2–0.8 mm. Achenes 2.2–3 (–3.3) × 1.3–1.9 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Dry to dryish areas, stable silt-loam or gravel, on slopes, headlands, eroded areas, swales
Elevation: 100–3100 m
Distribution
Alta., B.C., Man., N.W.T., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Kans., Minn., Mont., Nebr., Nev., N.Mex., N.Dak., Oreg., S.Dak., Utah, Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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obovate;elliptic +
1.3mm;1.9mm +
proximal +
basifixed +
obtuse;obtuse;short-awned +
fibrillose +
puberulent +
0.3mm;0.7mm +
absent +
quill--shaped +
distal +
1/4 +
leaflike +
absent +
1;many +
2;3 +
glabrous +
wiry +
brown +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Dry to dryish areas, stable silt-loam or gravel, on slopes, headlands, eroded areas, swales +
Present +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
longer +
absent +
pistillate +
equaling +
fused +
broad +
prominent +
distinct +
truncate +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
veinless +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
staminate +
pistillate +
subtending +
pistillate +
Gen. N. Amer. Pl. +
1818 +
arranged +
absent +
adventitious +
fibrous +
shorter +
shorter or longer +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
obovate;obovate +
membranous +
cylindric +
arranged +
single +
androgynous +
sharp;blunt +
1-flowered +
distinct +
black +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex filifolia var. filifolia +
Carex filifolia +
variety +
free +
thin +
short-rhizomatous +
perennial +