familyCyperaceae
genusCarex
sectionCarex sect. Aulocystis
speciesCarex luzulina
varietyCarex luzulina var. luzulina
Carex luzulina var. luzulina
IllustratedEndemic
Spikes dense. Pistillate scales usually reddish-brown with paler midvein more than 0.2 mm wide and extending to tip, apex usually obtuse. Perigynia ± spreading, green or gold with redbrown or purple blotches.
Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Wet meadows, bogs
Elevation: below 2400 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash., Wyo.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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... more about "Carex luzulina var. luzulina"
obovoid +
smaller +
0.7mm;1.1mm +
basifixed +
obtuse +
not fibrous +
straight +
bidentate +
absent +
v--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
brown +
shorter +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
glabrous +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
prominent +
pistillate +
androgynous +
absent +
fused +
ciliate-setose +
scarious +
strong +
paler +
distinct +
not purple-banded +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
9-20-veined +
spreading +
glabrous +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1868 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
pistillate +
reddish-brown +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
ovate;obovate +
membranous +
cylindric +
arranged +
dense +
exserted +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
3;7 +
1-flowered +
distinct +
diameter +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex luzulina var. luzulina +
Carex luzulina +
variety +
staminate +
11mm;66mm +
free +
thin +
dark purple +
ciliate-setose +
perennial +
short to long +