Carex panicea L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Carex panicea L.

• Description

  Species Description - Much like no. 109 [Carex livida (Wahlenb.) Willd.]; somewhat bluish-green, but scarcely glaucous; main lvs 2–5 mm wide, flat, shorter than the stems; sheaths conspicuous, the lowest 1–2 cm; terminal spike 1.5–3 cm, long- pedunculate; lateral spikes generally well separated, the lower long-pedunculate (but not basal), the upper less so or subsessile; pistillate scales ovate, shorter than but about as wide as the perigynia, these stoutly fusiform to obovoid, obscurely trigonous, ribbed on the lateral angles, beakless or minutely beaked; achene nearly filling the perigynium; 2n=32. Native of Europe, intr. in fields, lawns, and meadows from N.S. and N.B. to N.J.