Carex formosa Dewey
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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, 3–7 dm, strongly purplish at base; main lvs 3–7 mm wide, hairy beneath; sheaths hairy at least on the back; terminal spike with a few distal perigynia; lateral spikes pistillate, with a few basal staminate fls, well separated, cylindric, 1–3 cm × 5 mm, densely many-fld, erect or spreading, on peduncles about as long; bracts all sheathing, the uppermost much reduced; pistillate scales ovate to obovate, slightly shorter than the perigynia, obtuse to acuminate or cuspidate; perigynia ovoid, 4–5 mm, half as wide, obscurely trigonous, sharply several-nerved, acuminately narrowed to a distinct short beak; achene sharply and concavely trigonous. Moist soil in woods and thickets; Mass., Conn. and s. Que. to Mich., Wis., and N.D.