Carex radiata (Wahlenberg) Small (Q483)

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Carex radiata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
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Carex radiata (Wahlenberg) Small
Carex radiata is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Phaestoglochin

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    taxon/id/Carex radiata (Wahlenberg) Small
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    Carex radiata (Wahlenberg) Small
    Carex radiata
    (Wahlenberg) Small
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    carex rayonnant (French)
    eastern star sedge (English)
    stellate sedge (English)
    radiate sedge (English)
    straight-styled wood sedge (English)
    Carex rayonnant (English)
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    Newmaster, S.G. & S. Ragupathy. 2005. Flora Ontario - Integrated Botanical Information System (FOIBIS), Phase I. University of Guelph, Canada. http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis http://www.uoguelph.ca/foibis/
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    Marie-Victorin, Fr. 1995. Flore laurentienne. 3e éd. Mise à jour et annotée par L. Brouillet, S.G. Hay, I. Goulet, M. Blondeau, J. Cayouette et J. Labrecque. Gaétan Morin éditeur. 1093 pp.
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    Hinds, H.R. 2000. Flora of New Brunswick : a manual for the identification of the vascular plants of New Brunswick. 2nd edition. Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. 699 pp.
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    Zinck, M. 1998. Roland's Flora of Nova Scotia. Nimber Publishing & Nova Scotia Museum. Halifax, N. S. 2 vols. 1297 pp.
    Newfoundland, CA
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    Herbier Marie-Victorin (MT). Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC. Specimen. http://www.biodiversite.umontreal.ca/herbier-marie-victorin?lang=en
    mesic to wet-mesic deciduous
    mixed forests
    wet areas
    Plants without conspicuous rhizomes.
    Culms 20–80 cm, 0.8–1.5 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally.
    Leaves: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline;
    ligules less than 2, wider than long;
    widest leaf-blades 1.3–1.9 mm wide.
    Inflorescences with 4–8 spikes, 3–7 cm × 5–7.5 mm;
    proximal internodes more than 2 times as long as proximal spikes;
    proximal bracts to 5 (–10) cm;
    spikes with 3–8 spreading or reflexed perigynia.
    Pistillate scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1.4–2.3 × 0.9–1.6 mm, body 1/2 length of perigynium, apex obtuse, acute, or awned.
    Anthers 0.8–1.3 mm.
    Perigynia green, faces not veined, 2.6–3.8 × 1–1.5 mm, base of body spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 1–1.5 mm, margins serrulate distally;
    beak 0.4–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.2 mm.
    Stigmas straight or slightly twisted, 0.03–0.06 mm wide.
    Achenes ovate to obovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.4 mm. 2n = 58.