Carex capitata

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Carex capitata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. capitata
Binomial name
Carex capitata
L.

Carex capitata is a species of sedge known by the common name capitate sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution [1] including Norway, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. [2] [3] Growing in wet places in boreal forests and mountain meadows in alpine climates.

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Description

This sedge is a loosely or densely clumping plant growing 10 to 35 centimeters tall. The leaves are quill-like, narrow and rolled tightly. The inflorescence is generally not more than a centimeter long and has several male and female flowers. It reproduces by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.

References

  1. ↑ "Pan-arctic flora: Home". panarcticflora.org. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  2. ↑ Grønlands flora. Tyge Wittrock Böcher (3. reviderede udgave ed.). København: P. Haase & Sons. 1978. ISBN   87-559-0385-1. OCLC   183098604.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ↑ Nordens flora. Bo Mossberg, Lennart Stenberg, Jon Feilberg, Anna Torsteinsrud, Victoria Widmark (Nye, udvidede og omarbejdede udgave ed.). Kbh.: Gyldendal. 2020. ISBN   978-87-02-28916-9. OCLC   1158895781.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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