Carex pendula Hudson (Q600)

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Carex pendula is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Rhynchocystis
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Carex pendula Hudson
Carex pendula is a taxon with the rank species within the section Carex sect. Rhynchocystis

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    taxon/id/Carex pendula Hudson
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    Carex pendula Hudson
    Carex pendula
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    laiche à épis pendants (French)
    carex à épis pendants (French)
    weeping sedge (English)
    pendulous sedge (English)
    hanging 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/
    Europe
    New Zealand
    roadsides
    stream banks
    Culms trigonous in cross-section, smooth distally.
    Leaves: ligules much longer than wide;
    blades 8–18 mm wide, glaucous, glabrous.
    Inflorescences 20–100 cm;
    proximal bract 15–60 cm;
    lateral spikes pendent, long-cylindric, (30–) 60–160 × 5–8 mm;
    terminal spike arching.
    Pistillate scales narrowly ovate to narrowly obovate, 3.3–4.2 × 1–1.6 mm, ± equaling to slightly exceeding perigynia, glabrous.
    Perigynia yellowish green to brownish green, dotted brown, somewhat inflated, narrowly ellipsoid, 2.6–4 × 1.1–1.5 mm, herbaceous;
    Achenes brown, smooth.