Kobresia myosuroides

(Villars) Fiori in A. Fiori et al.

in A. Fiori et al., Fl. Italia 1: 125. 1896.

Common names: Kobrésie fausse-queue-de-souris
Illustrated
Basionym: Carex myosuroides Villars Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné, 17. 1779
Synonyms: Kobresia bellardii (Allioni) Degland ex Loiseleur
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 253. Mentioned on page 252, 569.
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Culms 5–20 (–35) cm. Leaves: basal sheaths somewhat glossy, bladeless; blades filiform, 2–20 cm × 0.2–0.5 mm. Inflorescences simple, 10–30 × 2–3 mm; proximal spikelets 2-flowered and androgynous, rarely 1-flowered and pistillate; distal spikelets 1-flowered, staminate. Scales brown, ovate, 2–3.5 mm, margins hyaline, midvein distinct almost to tip, apex obtuse or cuspidate. Anthers 1–1.5 mm. Perigynia brown, 2–3.5 mm, margins free to base, smooth. Achenes 2–2.8 mm. 2n = 52, 56–58.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Tundra, grassland, heaths, bare rocky, dry to wet ground
Elevation: 0–3500 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Yukon, Alaska, Calif., Colo., Idaho, N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Kobresia myosuroides"
trigonous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
cuspidate;obtuse +
Peter W. Ball +
(Villars) Fiori in A. Fiori et al. +
persistent +
Carex myosuroides +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
filiform +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Kobrésie fausse-queue-de-souris +
rounded-trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
staminate +  and 1-flowered +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
0–3500 m +
open +, staminate +  and pistillate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
1 +  and 3 +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Tundra, grassland, heaths, bare rocky, dry to wet ground +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
scale-like;leaflike +
pistillate +, 1-flowered +  and 2-flowered +
in A. Fiori et al., Fl. Italia +
adventitious +
basal +  and proximal +
additional +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
10 +  and 30 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
Kobresia bellardii +
Kobresia myosuroides +
Kobresia +
species +
staminate +  and 1-flowered +
herb +  and cespitose +