Carex feta
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
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|image=Carex feta.jpg
|image_caption=In the Hetch Hetchy valley
|genus=Carex
|species=feta
|authority=L.H.Bailey
|synonyms=
- Carex feta var. multa {{small|L.H.Bailey}}
- Carex straminea var. mixta {{small|L.H.Bailey}}
}}
Carex feta, the green-sheathed sedge or greensheath sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to southwestern British Columbia in Canada, and Washington, Oregon, and California in the United States.{{cite POWO |id=46178-2 |title=Carex feta L.H.Bailey |access-date=14 September 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=1545 |title=Carex feta L. H. Bailey |author= |date=2022 |website=The Calflora Database |publisher=Calflora |access-date=14 September 2022}}
Description
The leaf blade is between 2.5 and 5 mm long, with a triangular white patch. The open inflorescence is between 30 and 80 mm long, which are white-green to pale gold in color. The fruit is between 3 and 4.2 mm in diameter, green to pale gold in color, and either ovate or wide-ovate. The fruiting time is between the months of May and August. It is similar to Carex fracta, but the spikelets are smaller and more distinct.{{Cite web |title=Carex feta |url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=17416 |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=ucjeps.berkeley.edu}} It is between 50 and 100 centimeters in height. The inflorescence is elongated but with overlapping ovate spikes. The female scales are 2.7 to 3.5 mm long, and either straw-colored or brown. The perigynia is ovate or broadly ovate with a white tipped beak.{{Cite web |title=OregonFlora |url=https://oregonflora.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=3676 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=oregonflora.org}} Its chromosome number is n{{nbsp}}={{nbsp}}33.{{cite journal |last1=Rothrock |first1=P. E. |last2=Reznicek |first2=A. A. |year=1998 |title=Documented Chromosome Numbers 1998: 1. Chromosome Numbers in Carex Section Ovales (Cyperaceae): Additions, Variations, and Corrections |journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=587–592 |jstor=41967648}}
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Category:Flora of British Columbia