Kobresia myosuroides
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
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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
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.
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trigonous +
2mm;2.8mm +
basifixed +
cuspidate;obtuse +
bladeless +
persistent +
glossy +
persistent +
absent +
filiform +
1;many +
scale-like +
2;3 +
Kobrésie fausse-queue-de-souris +
20cm;35cm +
rounded-trigonous +
basal +
abundant +
unisexual +
Present +
simple +
paniculate +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
absent +
hyaline +
free +
distinct +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
brown +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
scale-like;leaflike +
androgynous +
in A. Fiori et al., Fl. Italia +
1896 +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
brown +
additional +
sterile +
ovate +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
single +
distinct +
papillate +
undivided +
3-fid +
Kobresia myosuroides +
Kobresia +
species +
free +
thin +
short-rhizomatous +
perennial +
5;100 +