Carex lupulina

Willdenow

Sp. Pl. 4(1): 266. 1805.

Common names: Carex houblon
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Mentioned on page 508, 509, 512.

Plants loosely cespitose or not, short-rhizomatous. Culms solitary or not, erect, 20–100 (–130) cm. Leaves 4–8; basal sheaths reddish to brownish; sheath of distal leaf (1.3–) 1.7–10 (–25) cm; ligules triangular, 3.5–18 mm; blades 15–64 cm × 4–15 mm. Inflorescences 4–40 cm; peduncles of proximal spikes 0.5–20 cm, basal 2 peduncles 1–20 cm apart of terminal spike 0.5–6 (–7) cm, shorter than or exceeding distal pistillate spike by 2 cm or less; bracts leafy, sheaths 0.5–15 cm, blades 13–55 cm × 3–11 mm. Spikes: proximal pistillate spikes (1–) 2–5, distal spikes usually ± crowded, ascending, densely (4–) 8–80-flowered, ovoid to cylindric, 1.5–6.5 × 1.3–3 cm; terminal staminate spikes 1 (–2), 1.5–8.5 cm × 1–5 mm. Pistillate scales 1–7-veined, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 6–15 × 1–2.7 mm, apex acute to awned, awns rough, to 6 mm. Anthers 3, 3–5.5 mm. Perigynia ascending, strongly 13–22-veined, ± stipitate, lanceovoid, 11–19 × 3–6 mm, shiny, glabrous; beak conic, 6–10 mm. Achenes stipitate, rhomboid, flat to concave faces, angles smoothly thickened, not pointed or nobbed, 3–4 (–4.5) × 1.7–2.6 (–2.8) mm; style same texture as achene.


Phenology: Fruiting late spring–summer.
Habitat: Wet, deciduous or mixed swamp forests, forest openings, wet meadows
Elevation: 0–700 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.

Discussion

Occasional specimens have been seen that appear to be sterile hybrids of Carex lupulina with C. retrorsa or C. lurida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Carex lupulina"
flat;concave +
smaller +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
nobbed +  and not pointed +
1.7mm;2.6mm +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
acute;awned +
A. A. Reznicek +
Willdenow +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
reddish;brownish +
cuneate +  and rounded +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
13 cm130 mm <br />0.13 m <br /> (55 cm550 mm <br />0.55 m <br />) +
v--shaped +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex houblon +
brown +, reddish +  and purplish +
round +  and trigonous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and staminate +
(4-)8-80-flowered +  and pistillate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +  and Wis. +
0–700 m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Wet, deciduous or mixed swamp forests, forest openings, wet meadows +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
septate-nodulose +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
triangular +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
stipitate +  and 13-22-veined +
1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Fruiting late spring–summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
adventitious +
1-7-veined +  and pistillate +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate;lanceolate-ovate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br />) +
shorter or longer +
septate-nodulose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
W2 +, W1 +, Illustrated +  and Endemic +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex lupulina +
Carex sect. Lupulinae +
species +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
plant +, not +  and cespitose +