Carex laxiculmis

Schweinitz

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York 1: 70. 1824.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 446. Mentioned on page 445.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms erect, ascending, or spreading, 9–48 cm × 0.6–1 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths white or very light-brown; nonbasal sheaths 7–32 mm, sheath blades 0.9–11.9 cm × 1–7 mm; leaf-blades erect, ascending, or spreading, green or glaucous, 8–36 cm × 3–12 mm; blades of vegetative shoots 0–3.5 times wider than bract blades. Inflorescences: spikes (3–) 4 (–5) per culm, scattered; peduncles of pistillate spikes exserted 0–9 cm; of staminate spikes exserted 0–9.5 cm; bracts 2–11.8 cm × 1.3–4.8 mm. Pistillate spikes: the proximal basal, scattered, drooping. Staminate spike 1, linear, 8–22 × 1.2–3 mm. Pistillate scales keeled, 2.5–3.2 × 1–1.5 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline or, occasionally, reddish-brown outward, apex cuspidate to acute, awn to 1 mm, proximal scale of lateral spike sterile or subtending a staminate flower. Staminate scales obovate, 3.5–4.5 × 1–1.2 mm, midribs green, margins hyaline or reddish-brown outward, apex acute. Anthers 2–3 mm. Perigynia 4–9 per spike, finely veined, elliptic-ovoid, 2.5–4 × 1.5–2 mm; beak slightly bent, tapering. Achenes obvoid to broadly ovoid, 2.2–3.2 × 1.2–1.8 mm, slightly concave at maturity, tightly fitting in perigynia. Style slender ascending through entire orifice. 2n = 44, 46.

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., D.C., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Mass., Md., Mich., Mo., N.C., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Va., Vt., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaves usually glaucous; widest leaf blade 6.4–11.8 mm; longest staminate spike (10–)12–25 mm. Carex laxiculmis var. laxiculmis
1 Leaves usually bright green; widest leaf blade 5.3–8.3 mm; longest staminate spike 6–20(–23) mm. Carex laxiculmis var. copulata

"shortened" is not a number."-3.5timeswiderthanbractblades" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."wide" is not a number.

... more about "Carex laxiculmis"
0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br /> (0.32 cm3.2 mm <br />0.0032 m <br />) +
concave;ovoid +
fitting +
1.2mm;1.8mm +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
acute;cuspidate;acute +
Charles T. Bryson +  and Robert F. C. Naczi +
Schweinitz +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
light-brown;white +
tapering +
tapering +  and bent +
m--shaped +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (11.8 cm118 mm <br />0.118 m <br />) +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.48 cm4.8 mm <br />0.0048 m <br />) +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
purple +  and brown +
9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br /> (48 cm480 mm <br />0.48 m <br />) +
spreading +, ascending +  and erect +
round +  and trigonous +
0.6mm;1mm +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, D.C. +, Del. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
subtending +
1 +  and 2 +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and pistillate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (36 cm360 mm <br />0.36 m <br />) +
spreading +, ascending +  and erect +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
reddish-brown +, hyaline +  and , +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (3.2 cm32 mm <br />0.032 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
bladeless +  and leaflike +
Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
basal +  and proximal +
obovate;keeled +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (11.9 cm119 mm <br />0.119 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
staminate +  and pistillate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
basal +  and proximal +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
slender +
Carex laxiculmis +
Carex sect. Careyanae +
species +
plant +  and cespitose +