Carex pansa L. H. Bailey (Q162)

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Carex pansa is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Divisae
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Carex pansa L. H. Bailey
Carex pansa is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Divisae

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    taxon/id/Carex pansa L.H. Bailey
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    Carex pansa L.H. Bailey
    Carex pansa
    L.H. Bailey
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex étendu (French)
    sanddune sedge (English)
    sand sedge (English)
    1 reference
    Klinkenberg, B. (ed.). 2010+. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia. Lab. for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. http://www.eflora.bc.ca http://www.eflora.bc.ca/
    Rhizomes coarse, 1.8–2.6 mm thick, typically with long, unbranched segments from which shoots arise singly every few nodes.
    Culms sharply trigonous, 8–40 cm, scabrous-angled distally.
    Leaves: basal sheaths dark-brown;
    sheaths with hyaline inner band, apex not prolonged, glabrous;
    ligules 0–1.2 mm;
    blades 1.7–3.8 mm wide.
    Inflorescences 1.2–2.5 cm;
    spikes 3–12, usually unisexual;
    staminate spikes lanceoloid;
    pistillate spikes compact, ovoid.
    Pistillate scales dark reddish-brown to nearly purple-black, with broad hyaline margins, ovate, apex acute to acuminate-awned, shiny.
    Anthers 1.7–3.1 mm, apiculus bristly hairy (30X).
    Perigynia dark-brown to nearly black at maturity, essentially veinless adaxially, usually ± stipitate, ovate, planoconvex, 3.1–4.2 × 1.3–1.8 mm, dull;
    beak 0.7–1.5 mm, apex ± hyaline, obscurely bidentate.