Carex paysonis Clokey (Q466)

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Carex paysonis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phacocystis
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Carex paysonis Clokey
Carex paysonis is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phacocystis

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    taxon/id/Carex paysonis Clokey
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    Carex paysonis Clokey
    Carex paysonis
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex de Payson (French)
    Payson'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/
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    Packer, J.G. & A.J. Gould. 2017.Vascular Plants of Alberta. Part 1: Ferns, Fern Allies, Gymnospermes, and Monocots. University of Calgary Press, Calgary.
    2100–3500 m
    Culms 15–50 cm.
    proximal leaves with blades 3–6 mm wide.
    Inflorescences: spikes separate, elongate, 5–25 × 4–6 mm;
    proximal spike often pendent, long-pedunculate;
    lateral spikes 2–4;
    distal spikes erect, short-pedunculate.
    Pistillate scales light-brown or reddish black, margins occasionally hyaline, midvein not or, occasionally, prominent, same color as body, inconspicuous or lighter colored, and conspicuous, lanceolate, apex acute or short-mucronate, shorter or longer than and narrower than perigynia.
    Perigynia proximally pale-yellow, distally purple-black, veined, broadly ovate or obovate to circular, 3.5–4 × 1.5–1.75 mm, smooth;
    beak 0.3–0.5 mm, smooth.