Carex virescens Muhl. ex 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, 5–10 dm, reddish-purple at base, the stems usually overtopping the lvs; main lvs 2–4 mm wide, hairy; terminal spike 2–4 cm, pistillate above; pistillate spikes 2–4, erect, 2–4 cm, linear-cylindric, loosely fld at base, sessile or short-peduncled; bracts sheathless or nearly so, the lowest foliaceous, the upper much reduced; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm; pistillate scales ovate, shorter than to surpassing the perigynia, hyaline-margined, with green midvein, acute to cuspidate; perigynia obscurely trigonous, ± ellipsoid, 2–3 mm, densely hairy, conspicuously few-ribbed, acute, beakless; achene concavely trigonous. Dry woods; Me. to Mich., s. to N.C., Ga., and Mo.