Needleleaf Sedge - Carex duriuscula
Other Names:
Carex eleocharis, Carex stenophylla
Native Species
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G5
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Rhizomatous. Stems erect, 4–25 cm, loosely tufted. Leaves: basal bladeless; cauline blades 1–2 mm wide. Inflorescence of 3 to 8 spikes in a dense ovoid cluster; lowest bract inconspicuous. Spikes sessile, similar, ascending, ovoid; 4–7 mm long; male flowers above the few female. Perigynia ascending, ovate, brown, glabrous, 2.5–3.5 mm long tapered to an indistinct serrulate beak 0.5–1 mm long; stigmas 2. Female scales ovate, apiculate, dark brown with hyaline margins, hiding the perigynia. Achene 2-sided, filling the perigynium (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Lesica (2012) treats this as the species
Carex eleocharis L.H. Bailey.
Dry, often sandy soil of sparsely vegetated or disturbed grasslands, sagebrush steppe; plains, valleys, montane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).