Carex praeceptorum
Appearance
Carex praeceptorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. praeceptorum
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Binomial name | |
Carex praeceptorum |
Carex praeceptorum (orth.var. C. praeceptorium) is a species of sedge known by the common names early sedge and teacher's sedge.
Distribution
[edit]It is native to much of western North America, from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in wet, marshy habitat such as bogs and lakeshores.
Description
[edit]This sedge produces small clumps of short, grasslike stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall from a thin network of rhizomes. The thin, grayish to pale green leaves are up to about 15 centimeters in length but shorter than the stems. The inflorescence is a small, dense bundle of a few brown flower spikes. The fruit is coated in a dark colored perigynium.
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Carex praeceptorum (Early sedge, Teacher's sedge)
- Jepson eFlora treatment of Carex praeceptorum
- USDA Plants Profile for Carex praeceptorum
- Flora of North America
- UC CalPhotos gallery of Carex praeceptorum images