Carex micropoda
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|parent = Carex sect. Dornera
|display_parents = 3
|taxon = Carex micropoda
|authority = C.A.Mey.
|synonyms =
- Carex crandallii
- Carex jacobi-peteri
- Carex nivalis (invalid)
}}
Carex micropoda is a species of sedge found in temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Description
Carex micropoda forms tufts of leaves, each leaf being up to {{convert|2|mm}} wide.{{cite book |author=Peter W. Ball & A. A. Reznicek |year=2003 |chapter=Carex Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 420. 1754 |page=529 |title=Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Cyperaceae |series=Flora of North America |volume=23 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-515207-4 |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357336}} The stems are {{convert|5|-|40|cm}} tall, and end in a single spike of flowers with the female (pistillate) flowers towards the base of the spike, and the male (staminate) flowers towards the tip. The utricles are {{convert|3|-|5|mm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|1.0|-|1.3|mm|abbr=on}} wide, with a short brown beak.
Taxonomy
Carex micropoda was first described by Carl Anton von Meyer in 1831. It is very similar to, and possibly synonymous with, a number of other published taxa.
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Category:Flora of temperate Asia