Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg (Q387)

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Carex aquatilis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phacocystis
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Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg
Carex aquatilis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phacocystis

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    taxon/id/Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg
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    Carex aquatilis Wahlenberg
    Carex aquatilis
    Wahlenberg
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    water sedge (English)
    leafy tussock sedge (English)
    carex aquatique (French)
    Europe
    Plants not cespitose.
    Culms 20–150 cm.
    Leaves: basal sheaths redbrown or brown;
    sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts with indistinct spots, veinless, apex U-shaped;
    blades usually amphistomic, papillose on both surfaces.
    Inflorescences: proximal bract longer than inflorescence.
    proximal 2–6 spikes pistillate;
    terminal (1–) 2–4 spikes staminate.
    Pistillate scales redbrown to purple-brown, apex obtuse or acute, awnless.
    Perigynia ascending, veinless, somewhat flattened, loosely enclosing achenes, ellipsoid or obovoid, dull, apex obtuse or acute, papillose.
    2n = 72–80.