Carex picta

Steudel

Syn. Pl. Glumac. 2: 184. 1855.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 549. Mentioned on page 550.
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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

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Ala., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Tenn.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex picta"
trigonous +
acute;acuminate;cuspidate +
Peter W. Ball +
Steudel +
tapering +
v--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
redbrown +  and red-purple +
round +  and trigonous +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
Ala. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +  and Tenn. +
100–500 m +
pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Forests and forest openings +
prophyllate +  and pedunculate +
racemose +  and solitary +
androgynous +  and unisexual +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +  and veined +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.17 cm1.7 mm <br />0.0017 m <br />) +
Fruiting spring. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Syn. Pl. Glumac. +
adventitious +
staminate +  and pistillate +
basal +  and proximal +
obovate-oblong;obovate-oblong +
0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
staminate +  and pistillate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex picta +
Carex sect. Pictae +
species +
plant +  and cespitose +