Carex distans Linnaeus (Q545)

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Carex distans is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Spirostachyae
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Carex distans Linnaeus
Carex distans is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Spirostachyae

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    taxon/id/Carex distans Linnaeus
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    Carex distans Linnaeus
    Carex distans
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    laîche distante (French)
    carex à épis distants (French)
    laîche à épis distants (French)
    distant sedge (English)
    damp meadows
    ballast near coasts
    Leaves: basal sheaths brown to orangebrown;
    blades of flowering-stems mostly basal, gray-green, flat, shorter than stems, widest blades 3–4.6 mm wide, margins scabrous.
    Inflorescences: longer peduncle of terminal spike 2–5 (–8.5) cm;
    proximal bract shorter than inflorescence;
    pistillate spikes 2–4, ascending, widely separated from staminate spike, pedunculate, ovoid to short-cylindric;
    terminal staminate spike (15–) 20–32 (–40) × 2–2.5 mm.
    Pistillate scales brown, with green or whitish, 3-veined midrib.
    Staminate scales brown, ovate-elliptic, margins scarious, apex obtuse or apiculate.
    Anthers 2.5–3.5 mm.
    Perigynia grayish green to greenish brown, 3.5–4.6 × 1.1–1.4 mm, apex contracted;
    2n = 68, 70–72, 74.