Carex bella
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| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
| genus = Carex
| species = bella
| authority = L.H.Bailey
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Carex bella is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of the United States and Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota in the United States, and Nuevo Leon in Mexico.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45848-2|title=Carex bella L.H.Bailey |access-date=31 October 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}} Its common names are the Showy sedge, and the Southwestern Showy sedge.{{Cite web |title=SEINet Portal Network - Carex bella |url=https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=960&clid=3170# |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=swbiodiversity.org}}
Description
It is a cespitose plant. The culms are between {{convert|25|and|55|cm}} long and are proximally scabrous. The leaves are between {{convert|3|and|6|mm}} wide. The inflorescences spikes are separate, pendent, and elongated. The 2 to 3 lateral spikes are either gynecandrous or, rarely, pistillate. The pistillate scales are light or dark brown in color. The smooth perigynia is either pale green or pale yellow in color. The achenes can nearly fill the perigynia. The fruiting time is between the months of June to August. 2n = 40.
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Category:Taxa named by Liberty Hyde Bailey
Category:Plants described in 1892
Category:Flora of South Dakota
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