Carex alma L. H. Bailey (Q305)

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Carex alma is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Multiflorae
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Carex alma L. H. Bailey
Carex alma is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Multiflorae

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    taxon/id/Carex alma L.H. Bailey
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    Carex alma L.H. Bailey
    Carex alma
    L.H. Bailey
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    sturdy sedge (English)
    Alma sedge (English)
    bountiful sedge (English)
    1 reference
    Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.
    Mexico (Baja California)
    Mexico (Sonora)
    stream banks
    springs
    desert regions
    Culms to 90 cm × 2 mm, scabrous.
    Leaves: sheath fronts spotted redbrown, veinless, plane, apex truncate to convex, membranous;
    ligule rounded, to 1 mm, free limb to 0.2 mm;
    blades to 75 cm × 6 mm, shorter than flowering-stem.
    Inflorescences loosely paniculate, 4–12 cm × 15–20 mm, with 10–20 branches proximal branches distinct;
    the proximal internode to 25 mm;
    bracts scalelike, not conspicuous, the awn, when present, 15–50 mm.
    Scales hyaline, redbrown or pale-brown, margins colorless, broad, shining, apex acute or mucronate.
    Perigynia dark brown-black, 3–5-veined abaxially, 0–3-veined adaxially, body ovate to lanceolate, 3–4.5 × 1.5–2 mm, base rounded to cordate, conspicuous basal spongy tissue somewhat distending perigynium;
    Achenes redbrown, ovate, 1.2–1.5 × 1–1.2 mm, glossy;
    style base cylindric.