Carex whitneyi
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 394. 1868.
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Carex flaccifolia Mackenzie Carex jepsonii J. T. Howell
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Culms 25–100 cm. Leaves: sheath fronts brownish; blades 2–6 mm wide. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes white, ovate, 7–30 × 5–9 mm, ciliate distally; terminal spike white-hyaline, tinged redbrown, ovate, 5–30 × 2–4 mm. Perigynia green, ca. 5-veined, 3.7–5.5 × 1.5–2.5 mm; beak tip with narrow, white margins. Achenes ovoid to obovoid, 2.8–3.9 × 1.7–2.4 mm.
Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Dry, sandy and gravelly meadows, open forests
Elevation: 1200–3400 m
Distribution
Calif., Nev., Oreg.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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ovoid;obovoid +
1.7mm;2.4mm +
more prominent +
basifixed +
beaked +
glabrous +
tapering;cuspidate;acute +
not fibrous +
rounded +
bidentate +
absent +
m--shaped +
leaflike +
1;many +
2;3 +
more prominent +
pubescent +
basal +
abundant +
single +
unisexual +
Present +
simple +
pseudoumbel +
modified +
absent +
white +
fused +
narrow +
distinct +
not protruding +
arranged +
falling +
absent +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
thin +
5-veined +
green +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
fused +
pistillate +
subtending +
pistillate +
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts +
1868 +
arranged +
adventitious +
fibrous +
empty +
1;0;1 +
fertile +
2-keeled +
membranous +
cylindric +
pistillate +
arranged +
white +
3;4 +
ovate +
1-flowered +
distinct +
diameter +
papillate +
undivided +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex whitneyi +
Carex sect. Longicaules +
species +
staminate +
5mm;30mm +
ovate +
free +
thin +
stout-rhizomatous +
perennial +