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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman

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Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1892
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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
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Carex trachycarpa

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trachycarpa

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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman

Grass-like tufts to 30 cm high; rhizome short, woody. Inflorescence a compact head 1-1.5 cm long, of light to dark brown, close-packed, sessile spikes. Male flowers at top of spike. Utricles papillose, winged. Stigmas 2.

Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman

Grasslike tufts from a short, woody rhizome. Culms 7–30 cm. × c. 1 mm., trigonous, grooved, mainly smooth but very faintly scabrid just below infl.; basal sheaths light brown. Lvs 5–7 per culm, <, = or > culms, c. 2.5 mm. wide, channelled, margins slightly scabrid towards the tip. Infl. a compact head 1–1.5 × c. 0.7 cm., of densely packed spikes, light or dark brown. Spikes androgynous, 1–3 male fls at the top, lowermost 1–3 spikes each subtended by a membr. lanceolate bract with a long scabrid awn occ. longer than infl. Glumes slightly > utricles, ovate, acuminate or occ. awned, membr., chestnut brown or light brown, keel green, scabrid in lowermost glumes, margins hyaline, occ. very broad towards tip of glume. Utricles c. 3 × 1 mm., plano-convex, strongly nerved, dull, minutely papillose all over; slightly tapering to a beak c. 1 mm. long with scabrid margins and oblique, bifid orifice; stipe c. 0.3 mm. long. Stigmas 2. Nut c. 1.5 mm. long, plano-convex, oblong, smooth, light yellow-brown.

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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman

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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
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Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
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North-western
Carex trachycarpa Cheeseman
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Sounds-Nelson

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5bae67f5-a93e-4dbb-b434-d5b64fd958b9
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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