Carex rariflora (Wahlenberg) Smith in J. E. Smith and J. Sowerby (Q291)

Flora Commons

accepted id

Carex rariflora (Wahlenberg) Smith

Carex rariflora

(Wahlenberg) Smith

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.

taxon status

accepted

1 reference

taxon name

Carex rariflora

1 reference

taxon authority

(Wahlenberg) Smith

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taxon rank

species

1 reference

taxon status

accepted

1 reference

common name

carex rariflore (French)

1 reference

loose-flowered alpine sedge (English)

1 reference

scantily-flowered sedge (English)

1 reference

Carex rariflore (English)

1 reference

VasCan taxon numeric id

5050

1 reference

distribution

CA-MB

present

native

1 reference

Manitoba Checklist, 2002

CA-ON

present

native

1 reference

Newmaster, S.G. & S. Ragupathy. 2005. Flora Ontario - Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase I. University of Guelph, Canada. http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/

CA-QC

present

native

1 reference

Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.

CA-NB

present

native

1 reference

Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.

CA-NS

present

native

1 reference

Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.

FR-PM

present

native

1 reference

Etcheberry, R. 1989. Plantes de Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. Unpublished list (MT).

CA-YT

present

native

1 reference

Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-NT

present

native

1 reference

Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-NU

present

native

1 reference

Aiken, S.G., M.J. Dallwitz, L.L. Consaul, C.L., McJannet, R.L., Boles, G.W. Argus, J.M. Gillett, P.J. Scott, R. Elven, M.C. LeBlanc, L.J. Gillespie, A.K. Brysting, H. Solstad & J.G. Harris. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. [CD-ROM] NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa.

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

Labrador, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

Greenland, GL

present

native

1 reference

Böcher, T.W., B. Fredskild, K. Holmen & K. Jakobsen. 1978. Grønlands Flora. P. Haase & Søns Forlag, København. 326 pp.

Greenland

1 reference

St. Pierre and Miquelon

1 reference

CA-MB

Man.

1 reference

CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

1 reference

CA-NT

N.W.T.

1 reference

CA-NU

Nunavut

1 reference

CA-ON

Ont.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

CA-YT

Yukon

1 reference

US-AK

Alaska

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

subarctic Eurasia

1 reference

Carex sect. Limosae (Heuffel) Meinshauser

parent taxon

1 reference

taxon habit

herb

1 reference

GBIF taxon key

2729473

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

LC

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

taxon habitat

open bogs

1 reference

meadows

1 reference

seepage slopes

1 reference

elevation

0–500 m

1 reference

special status

F

1 reference

taxon description fragment

Culms phyllopodic, with dead leaf remains at base, 5–35 cm.

1 reference

d0_s0

Leaf-blades 1–2.5 mm wide, margins sometimes involute, scabrid at tip.

1 reference

d0_s1

Inflorescences: proximal bracts 0.5-2 cm, much shorter than inflorescences;

1 reference

d0_s2

lateral spikes 6–15 × 3.5–5 mm, with 2–10 perigynia;

1 reference

d0_s3

terminal spikes 6–20 × 1–2.5 mm.

1 reference

d0_s4

Pistillate scales circular-ovate, 3–4.8 × 2.2–3.4 mm, long as and wider than perigynia, apex obtuse, sometimes mucronate.

1 reference

d0_s5

Staminate scales oblanceolate to obovate, 3.2–4.8 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute to obtuse.

1 reference

d0_s6

Anthers 2–2.5 mm.

1 reference

d0_s7

Perigynia 2.5–4.5 × 1.6–2 mm, apex rounded;

1 reference

d0_s8

2n = 52.

1 reference

d0_s10

morphology statement

stem

architecture

phyllopodic

1 reference

d0_s0

stem

some measurement

5

35

1 reference

d0_s0

leaf

life cycle

dead

1 reference

d0_s0

leaf leaf-blade

1

2.5

1 reference

d0_s1

inflorescence palea margin

vernation

morphology statement value modifier

involute

sometimes

1 reference

d0_s1

inflorescence palea margin

pubescence

relief

scabrid

1 reference

d0_s1

inflorescence peduncle bract

some measurement

0.5

2

1 reference

d0_s2

inflorescence peduncle bract

height

size

much shorter

1 reference

d0_s2

6

15

1 reference

d0_s3

3.5

5

1 reference

d0_s3

quantity

2

10

1 reference

d0_s3

6

20

1 reference

d0_s4

1

2.5

1 reference

d0_s4

architecture

pistillate

1 reference

d0_s5

circular-ovate

1 reference

d0_s5

3

4.8

1 reference

d0_s5

2.2

3.4

1 reference

d0_s5

size

long

1 reference

d0_s5

wider

1 reference

d0_s5

wider

1 reference

d0_s5

obtuse

1 reference

d0_s5

morphology statement value modifier

mucronate

sometimes

1 reference

d0_s5

architecture

staminate

1 reference

d0_s6

oblanceolate

obovate

1 reference

d0_s6

3.2

4.8

1 reference

d0_s6

1.5

2

1 reference

d0_s6

acute

obtuse

1 reference

d0_s6

inflorescence flower anther

some measurement

2

2.5

1 reference

d0_s7

2.5

4.5

1 reference

d0_s8

1.6

2

1 reference

d0_s8

rounded

1 reference

d0_s8

fruit beak

presence

absent

1 reference

d0_s10

chromosome

quantity

52

1 reference