Carex leptopoda
in P. A. Rydberg, Fl. Rocky Mts., 124, 1060. 1917.
Plants loosely to densely cespitose. Culms 21–67 cm × 0.7–1.4 mm, smooth or papillose. Leaves: ligule of distal leaf (2.5–) 3.4–6.8 (–7.4) mm, 1.5–3 times as long as wide; blades 2.4–5.9 mm wide, widest blade 2.8–5.9 mm wide. Inflorescences (17–) 34–43 (–68) mm; proximal internode 4.1–16 (–40) mm; proximal bract (11–) 16–26 (–61) mm, awn (9–) 13–23 (–59) mm; spikes 5–7, usually gynecandrous; proximal spikes with 2 staminate and 11–23 pistillate flowers, 8–15 × 3.3–5.8 mm; terminal spikes usually with 2–4 staminate and 16–20 pistillate flowers, 9–12.7 × 4.2–5.7 mm. Pistillate scales with whitish to stramineous margins, 2.6–3.3 × 1.2–1.8 mm, body (2.3–) 2.7–3.8, apex acuminate to short-awned, awn to 0.7 mm. Staminate scales with whitish to stramineous margins, 1.9–2.8 × 1–1.3 mm. Anthers 1.8–1.9 mm. Perigynia ascending to erect, green to pale-brown, 0–3-veined abaxially, prominently to weakly 0–2-veined adaxially, ovate to narrowly ovate, 3.3–3.9 (–4.4) × 1.1–1.5 mm, 2.3–3 times as long as wide, apex abruptly contracted to gradually tapering; beak 0.9–1.5 (–1.7) mm, (0.28–) 0.3–0.38 times as long as perigynia, margins serrulate, apex entire or bidentulate, teeth to 0.3 mm, 0–0.08 times as long as perigynia. Stigmas 1.3–1.8 mm. Achenes 1.5–1.8 (–1.9) × 0.9–1.4 mm, 1.2–1.5 (–1.7) times as long as wide. 2n = 54.
Phenology: Fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat: Mesic to wet forests, forest edges, especially near streams
Elevation: 0–2500 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
"shortened" is not a number."-0.08timesaslongasperigynia" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.