Carex laxiflora

Lamarck in J. Lamarck et al.

in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 3: 392. 1792.

Common names: Carex laxiflore
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex laxiflora var. serrulata F. J. Hermann
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 436. Mentioned on page 433, 434, 439.
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Culms densely tufted, lateral or central, ascending or lax to decumbent, 39–47 cm × 0.8–2 mm. Leaves: basal sheaths light-brown; sheaths 6–22 mm; blades ascending, midrib and 2 lateral-veins developed, occasionally slightly corrugated, 19–25 cm × 5–26 mm, blades of overwintering leaves smooth or, rarely, sparsely papillose abaxially. Inflorescences: peduncles of proximal spikes erect, 0–3.4 cm, of lateral spikes 1.4–3.3 (–5.3) times as long as spikes they subtend; of terminal spikes 1–2.2 cm. Bracts 7.2–17.5 cm × 2–8 mm, bract blade of distal lateral spikes linear, narrower than spikes, widest bract blade of distalmost lateral spike 0.5–3.4 mm wide. Spikes (3–) 4 per culm; lateral spikes 9–33 × 3.2–4 mm; terminal spike linear to clavate, 23–24 (–34) × 1.5–3 mm. Pistillate scales 2.5–3 × 1.2–1.5 mm, apex acute or apiculate. Staminate scales 3–3.5 × 1–1.5 mm, oblongovate, margins white-hyaline or brownish, apex obtuse or acute. Anthers 2.6–3 mm. Perigynia 3–20 per spike, usually separate, ratio of longer lateral spike length to perigynia number 1.9–3.4, ascending, conspicuously (22–) 25–32-veined, (2.6–) 3.2–4.1 (–4.6) × 1.2–1.6 mm; beak straight, 0.5–1.4 mm. Achenes broadly ellipsoid, 1.8–2.2 (–3.4) × 1–1.4 mm. 2n = 40.


Phenology: Fruiting spring–early summer.
Habitat: Dry or moist, deciduous or mixed deciduous-evergreen forests, higher elevations southward
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., Mo., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

The Carex laxiflora complex contains a wide array of phenotypic variation and deserves further research. F. J. Hermann (1938) proposed the name C. laxiflora var. serrulata; however, among the numerous specimens of C. laxiflora we studied, the key characteristic of ciliate-serrulate bract-sheaths varied greatly.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number."-3.3(-5.3)timesaslongasspikes" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
ellipsoid +
1mm;1.4mm +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
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tapering +
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straight +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
19 cm190 mm <br />0.19 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
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0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.6 cm26 mm <br />0.026 m <br />) +
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7.2 cm72 mm <br />0.072 m <br /> (17.5 cm175 mm <br />0.175 m <br />) +
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scale-like +  and leaflike +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
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terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
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purple +  and brown +
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central +  and lateral +
round +  and trigonous +
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open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
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multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
overwintering +
basal +  and cauline +
brownish +  and white-hyaline +
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3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
long-sheathing +  and leaflike +
awned +  and acute +
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basal +  and proximal +
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