Carex macrocephala Willdenow ex Sprengel (Q300)

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Carex macrocephala is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Macrocephalae
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Carex macrocephala Willdenow ex Sprengel
Carex macrocephala is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Macrocephalae

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    taxon/id/Carex macrocephala Willdenow ex Sprengel
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    Carex macrocephala Willdenow ex Sprengel
    Carex macrocephala
    Willdenow ex Sprengel
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex à grosses têtes (French)
    large-headed sedge (English)
    big-headed 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/
    Asia [Japan
    Russian Far East (Kamchatka) to n China]
    Culms sharply angled, at least 1 angle serrulate distally, 10–35 cm.
    Inflorescences with pistillate heads 2.5–5 cm wide;
    proximal spikes ascending-spreading to spreading.
    Pistillate scales reddish to brown with green or gold center, sometimes with distal margins white or pale gold, 0.1–0.3 (–0.5) mm wide, apex short-tapered with awn to 1.2–4 mm.
    Anthers 2.5–5 mm.
    Perigynia ascending to ascending-spreading, sometimes spreading, with deeply erose wings 0.7–1.7 mm wide, base cordate;
    beak ± straight, 6.5–9 mm from apex to achene, apex notched 0.7–1.5 mm adaxially.
    Achenes 3–4.5 × 2.3–3 mm. 2n = 74, 78.