Carex willdenowii Willd.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tufted, the stems weak and slender, 0.5–3 dm, much shorter than the lvs, distally winged triquetrous; main lvs 2–4 mm wide; spikes 1–3, androgynous, the lower widely separated, nearly basal, on long, capillary peduncles; staminate scales obtuse or acute; pistillate scales dilated at base, with hyaline margins, the lowest ± foliaceous, surpassing the perigynium and sometimes the whole spike, the others narrower than the perigynia; perigynia 3–8, green or greenish, 4.5–6 mm, the body obovoid-oblong above the short stipe-like base, nerveless, sharply 2-edged above, tapering into the very rough, triangular-pyramidal beak, which constitutes a third to half of the entire length; achene rounded-trigonous, with a short stylar apiculus. Moist woods, especially in acid soils; chiefly in the coastal states from Mass. to Ga. and Tex., but also inland to O., Tenn., and s. Ind.