familyCyperaceae
genusCarex
sectionCarex sect. Lamprochlaenae
speciesCarex supina
subspeciesCarex supina subsp. spaniocarpa
Carex supina subsp. spaniocarpa
Acta Univ. Lund., n. s. 38: 365. 1942.
Illustrated
Basionym: Carex spaniocarpa Steudel Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 225. 1855
Plants loosely cespitose, usually long-rhizomatous. Culms to 30 cm. Leaf-blades 3–15 cm × 1–1.5 mm. Spikes: staminate 5–15 × 1–2 mm; pistillate to 15 × 5 mm. Pistillate scales redbrown, margins hyaline, ovate to ovate-circular, 2–3.5 × 1.4–2.2 mm, apex subobtuse to acuminate, ± covering perigynium body. Staminate scales light-brown, margins hyaline, oblong-lanceolate, 3–4.5 × 1–1.8 mm, apex acute. Perigynia yellow-green to brown, 2.5–3.3 × 1.2–2 mm; beak 0.4–0.9 mm. Achenes obovoid, 1.7–2 × 1.3–1.4 mm. 2n = 36.
Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Dry meadows and bluffs, rock outcrops, sandy soil on lakeshores and flood plains
Elevation: 10–1300 m
Distribution
Greenland, B.C., Man., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Minn., nc, ne Asia (Siberia), ne Asia (Russian Far East)
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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obovoid +
1.3mm;1.4mm +
basifixed +
glabrous +
shortened +
stipitate +
abrupt +
absent +
0mm;20mm +
leaflike +
0mm;4mm +
2;3 +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Present +
racemose +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
septate-nodulose +
absent +
hyaline +
fused +
3mm;4.5mm +
oblong-lanceolate;ovate;ovate-circular +
distinct +
distinct +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
Acta Univ. Lund., n. s. +
1942 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
membranous +
septate-nodulose +
Illustrated +
arranged +
2;4 +
1-flowered +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex supina subsp. spaniocarpa +
Carex supina +
subspecies +
staminate +
free +
thin +
long-rhizomatous +
perennial +
short to long +
glabrous +