Carex engelmannii L. H. Bailey (Q244)

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Carex engelmannii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Inflatae
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Carex engelmannii L. H. Bailey
Carex engelmannii is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Inflatae

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    taxon/id/Carex engelmannii L.H. Bailey
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    Carex engelmannii L.H. Bailey
    Carex engelmannii
    L.H. Bailey
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex d'Engelmann (French)
    Engelmann's 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/
    dry rocky slopes
    alpine tundra
    above 2300 m in Cascades and 3000 m in Rockies
    Rhizomes 1 mm thick.
    Culms 7–15 cm, 2–2.5 mm thick at base.
    Leaves: sheaths to 1.5 cm, fronts uniformly colorless or pale-brown;
    blades with conspicuous median groove, flattened dorsiventrally, elliptic in cross-section, 6–15 (–18) cm × 0.3–0.6 mm, lacking conspicuous air cavities.
    Inflorescences 0.7–1.5 cm × 6–8 mm, staminate portion less than 2 mm.
    Pistillate scales yellowbrown medially, 1-veined, equaling perigynia in length and width, apex acute, involute, appearing acuminate, awns absent.
    Anthers 1.5–2 mm.
    Perigynia veinless, sessile, elliptic, 3.5–5 × 1.5–2.5 mm, base rounded, apex acute;
    Stigma 1.5–2.5 mm.
    Achenes stalked to 0.2 mm.