Hairy-leaved sedge
Carex hirsutella Mack.
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Morphology
- Culm
- Mostly erect, slender, stiff, strongly triangular, pilose; base reddish.
- Leaves
- Blades to 6 per culm, green, 1 to 12 inches long, .06 to .16 inch wide, flat, margins revolute, surfaces pilose.
- Sheath
- Long, tight, densely pilose.
- Inflorescence
- Terminal spike erect, usually on short peduncle, thick cylindric, .4 to 1 inch tall, .14 to .24 inch, containing both staminate and pistillate flowers, pistillate at top; lateral spikes 2-4, erect to ascending, densely clustered, .3 to .7 inch tall, .12 to .2 inch wide; pistillate scales greenish white with green midrib, ovate, .07 to .1 inch, apex obtuse to acuminate, occasionally mucronate, shorter than perigynia; staminate scales greenish white with green midrib, ovate to lanceolate, .08 to .2 inch, apex acuminate; perigynia 15-30 per spike, ascending, obovoid, bluntly triangular, .08 to .12 inch, glabrous; beak absent.
- Fruit
- Achenes, triangular with concave sides, .07 to .1 inch, apiculate; stigmas 3.
Ecology
- Habitat
- Woods, meadows, roadsides; dry, open, disturbed sites.
- Distribution
- East 1/5 of Kansas
Additional Notes
Comments
Carex hirsutella is similar to Carex bushii
Quick Facts
- Plant Type
- Sedge
- Family
- Cyperaceae - Sedge Family
- Life Span
- Perennial
- Height
- 8-36 inches
- Origin
- Native
- Last Updated
- 2019-02-26
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Blooms: May, June