Carex pedunculata 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 and often shortly rhizomatous; most lvs basal, thickish and stiff, 1–3 dm × 2–3 mm; fertile stems 1–3 dm, with 4–5 spikes 6–15 mm; uppermost spike staminate or commonly with a few basal perigynia; anthers 2–3 mm; pistillate spikes often with a few terminal staminate fls, the upper 1 or 2 not far from the summit, the lower 1 or 2 on long slender peduncles from near the base, often concealed by the lvs; pistillate scales obovate-oblong, the body broadly obtuse to truncate, extending to or beyond the broadest part of the perigynium, the thin sides purple-brown with hyaline margins, the green center prolonged into a cusp equaling or surpassing the perigynium; perigynia with a basal elaiosome, ant- dispersed, obovoid, 3.5–5 mm, roundly angled on the back, keeled on the lateral angles, thinly hairy to glabrate, minutely beaked; achene sharply trigonous; 2n=26. Rich woods, usually in calcareous soil; Nf. to Sask. and S.D., s. to N.C., Ala., and Io., abundant in the Great Lakes region. Fl early, fr May.