Carex leptalea
Species of grass-like plant
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. leptalea |
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Carex leptalea is a species of sedge known by the common names bristly-stalked sedge and flaccid sedge. It is native to much of North America including most of Canada, the Dominican Republic, and the United States.[1] It only grows in wetlands. This sedge produces dense clusters of thin stems up to 70 centimeters tall from a network of branching rhizomes. The thin, deep green leaves are soft, hairless, and sometimes drooping. The inflorescence is up to 16 millimeters long but only 2 to 3 millimeters wide, and is yellow-green in color. There are only a few perigynia on each spikelet, and they are green and veined.
- Subspecies[1]
- Carex leptalea subsp. harperi (Fernald) W.Stone - southeastern US from Texas and Florida north to Missouri and Pennsylvania
- Carex leptalea subsp. leptalea - widespread from Alaska east to Nunavut and south to California and Dominican Republic
- Carex leptalea subsp. pacifica Calder & Roy L.Taylor - Washington State, British Columbia, southeastern Alaska
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- USDA Plants Profile
- Flora of North America
- Carex leptalea: A Technical Conservation Assessment
- Photo gallery
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