Carex picta
Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 184. 1855.
IllustratedEndemic
Culms 12–35 cm. Proximal leaf-blades green, 25–40 cm × 2–4.5 mm, smooth abaxially, scabrid adaxially. Inflorescences with staminate and pistillate flowers on different plants; spike 1, unisexual; pistillate spikes 30–80 × 2.5–6 mm; staminate spikes 20–50 × 4–6 mm. Pistillate scales obovate-oblong, 5.5–6.5 × 2.3–2.8 mm, proximal ones cuspidate, distal ones acuminate, awned. Staminate scales obovate-oblong, 6–7 × 1.2–3 mm, apex acuminate to cuspidate. Perigynia yellow-green, 3.5–5.5 × 1.3–1.7 mm, apex acute, sparsely pubescent towards black apex, beakless.
Phenology: Fruiting spring.
Habitat: Forests and forest openings
Elevation: 100–500 m
Distribution
Ala., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Tenn.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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trigonous +
basifixed +
beakless +
black +
pubescent +
acute;acuminate;cuspidate +
fibrous +
tapering +
emarginate +
sheathing +
absent +
v--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
bladeless +
glabrous +
acuminate +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Present +
basal +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
pistillate +
absent +
fused +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
yellow-green +
ascending +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
bladeless +
pistillate +
cuspidate +
Syn. Pl. Glumac. +
1855 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
obovate-oblong;obovate-oblong +
membranous +
cylindric +
arranged +
unisexual +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex picta +
Carex sect. Pictae +
species +
staminate +
androgynous +
free +
thin +
stout-rhizomatous +
perennial +
wider +